NVIDIA Quadro K1000M vs AMD Radeon HD 7670M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K1000M and AMD Radeon HD 7670M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro K1000M

AMD Radeon HD 7670M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K1000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 600 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 778 vs 473
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 249 vs 91
Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1739 vs 1402
Around 88% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.636 vs 2.47

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2012 vs 17 February 2012
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	778 vs 473
PassMark - G2D Mark	249 vs 91
Geekbench - OpenCL	1739 vs 1402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.636 vs 2.47

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7670M

Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 14.4 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 480 vs 192
Around 76% better floating-point performance: 576.0 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 210.901 vs 115.549
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1228 vs 1162
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2194 vs 1695
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3341 vs 2297
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1228 vs 1162
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2194 vs 1695
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3341 vs 2297

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 192
Floating-point performance	576.0 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	210.901 vs 115.549
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1228 vs 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2194 vs 1695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3341 vs 2297
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1228 vs 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2194 vs 1695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3341 vs 2297

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K1000M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7670M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

778

473

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

249

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1739

1402

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.636

2.47

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

115.549

210.901

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1162

1228

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1695

2194

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2297

3341

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1162

1228

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1695

2194

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2297

3341

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K1000M	AMD Radeon HD 7670M
PassMark - G3D Mark	778	473
PassMark - G2D Mark	249	91
Geekbench - OpenCL	1739	1402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.636	2.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	115.549	210.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.454
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	10.485
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1162	1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1695	2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2297	3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1162	1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1695	2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2297	3341
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K1000M	AMD Radeon HD 7670M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK107	Thames
Launch date	1 June 2012	17 February 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$119.90	$629.99
Place in performance rating	1402	1404
Price now	$149.90	$629.99
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	6.18	1.48
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops	576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	192	480
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3, (GDDR5)
Shared memory	0	0