Radeon HD 7670 OEM vs GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 116 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 8.17 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | N16E-GXX SLI | Turks |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 22 September 2015 (9 years ago) | 5 January 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 4096 | 480 |
| Core clock speed | 1126 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1228 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 10400 Million | 716 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 330 Watt | 66 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 19.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.768 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 8 |
| TMUs | no data | 24 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 145 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
| SLI options | + | - |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x 8 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 3500 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 64 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA |
| G-SYNC support | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 September 2015 | 5 January 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 330 Watt | 66 Watt |
GTX 980 SLI Mobile has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
HD 7670 OEM, on the other hand, has 400% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and Radeon HD 7670 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon HD 7670 OEM is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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