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Geforce GTX 670 vs Radeon HD 7850
Intro
The Geforce GTX 670 has core speeds of 915 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1344 SPUs along with 112 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 7850, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 860 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1200 MHz on this card. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 7850 |
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130 Watts |
| Geforce GTX 670 |
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170 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
As far as performance goes, the Geforce GTX 670 should in theory be quite a bit superior to the Radeon HD 7850 overall. (explain)
| Geforce GTX 670 |
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192000 MB/sec |
| Radeon HD 7850 |
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153600 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Geforce GTX 670 will be much (about 86%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 7850. (explain)| Geforce GTX 670 |
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102480 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 7850 |
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55040 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 670 is superior to the Radeon HD 7850, though only just barely. (explain)| Geforce GTX 670 |
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29280 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 7850 |
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27520 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
Price Comparison
Geforce GTX 670Amazon.com
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Radeon HD 7850Amazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
Specifications
| Model | Geforce GTX 670 | Radeon HD 7850 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | May 2012 | March 2012 |
| Code Name | GK104 | Pitcairn Pro |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Memory | 2048 MB | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 915 MHz | 860 MHz |
| Shader Speed | 915 MHz | (N/A) MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz (6000 MHz effective) | 1200 MHz (4800 MHz effective) |
| Unified Shaders | 1344 | 1024 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 112 | 64 |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11.0 | DirectX 11.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.2 | OpenGL 4.2 |
| Power (Max TDP) | 170 watts | 130 watts |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Bandwidth | 192000 MB/sec | 153600 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 102480 Mtexels/sec | 55040 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 29280 Mpixels/sec | 27520 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.
Comments
One Response to “Geforce GTX 670 vs Radeon HD 7850”I was Between GTX 670 and HD 7970 but considering that GTX 670 is using much lower power consumption and have more overclock stabillity than HD 7970 was the reason that i bought GTX 670!!!
Both cards are great if you play sport/rpg/simulator/strategy games then go for AMD if you play games like Battlefield 3 or Crysis 3 or Batman Arkham city then nVidia all the way!
Moreover nVidia drivers are much better than ATi's is!