GeForce GTX 670 vs Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

GeForce GTX 670
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 10 May 2012
GeForce GTX 670
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 15 Feb 2012
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 670
    223%
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 670
    243%
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 670

143% higher gaming performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

90 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 670 .
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Mantle
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 670

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 670

The GeForce GTX 670 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (42 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 670Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
GPU NameGK104 (GK104-325-A2)vsCape Verde (Cape Verde XT)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size294 mm²vs123 mm²
Transistors3,540 millionvs1,500 million
Shaders1344vs640
Compute Units7vs10
Core clock915 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs32vs16
TMUs112vs40

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 670Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 670Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
TDP170 wattsvs80 watts
Release Date10 May 2012vs15 Feb 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 670
    25.60 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    16.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 670
    102.00 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    40.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 670
    192.00 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    72.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 670
    2460.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    1280.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 670
    9330
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    4170

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Alan Wake

  • GeForce GTX 670
    73.9
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    32.2

FPS (higher is better)

Batman: Arkham City

  • GeForce GTX 670
    89.4
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    34.9

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 670
    67.5
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    27.1

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA

  • GeForce GTX 670
    71
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    109
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    41.1

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis

  • GeForce GTX 670
    50.7
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    21.9

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    62.8
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    26.3

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 670
    42
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    17

FPS (higher is better)

Diablo III

  • GeForce GTX 670
    159.7
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    54.2

FPS (higher is better)

Dragon Age II

  • GeForce GTX 670
    62.3
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    24.2

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2012

  • GeForce GTX 670
    96.6
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    41.3

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 670
    54
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Max Payne 3

  • GeForce GTX 670
    69.1
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    31.6

FPS (higher is better)

Medal Of Honor Warfighter

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 670
    55
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Metro 2033

  • GeForce GTX 670
    28
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    12.6

FPS (higher is better)

Sleeping Dogs

  • GeForce GTX 670
    63.6
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    30.4

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite V2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    58.7
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    28.9

FPS (higher is better)

STALKER: Call of Pripyat

  • GeForce GTX 670
    89.7
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    36.9

FPS (higher is better)

StarCraft II

  • GeForce GTX 670
    219.1
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    84.9

FPS (higher is better)

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

  • GeForce GTX 670
    75.9
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    36.7

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Shogun 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    55.8
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    19.8

FPS (higher is better)

Unigine Heaven 2.0

  • GeForce GTX 670
    63.6
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    27.3

FPS (higher is better)

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

  • GeForce GTX 670
    98.6
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    42.7

FPS (higher is better)

Alan Wake

  • GeForce GTX 670
    44.6
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    19.6

FPS (higher is better)

Batman: Arkham City

  • GeForce GTX 670
    55.4
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    21.2

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 670
    41.3
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    16.2

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    73.1
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    24.9

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis

  • GeForce GTX 670
    31
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    13.2

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    36.4
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    15.5

FPS (higher is better)

Diablo III

  • GeForce GTX 670
    107.7
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Dragon Age II

  • GeForce GTX 670
    41.8
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    16.3

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2012

  • GeForce GTX 670
    68.6
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    29.2

FPS (higher is better)

Max Payne 3

  • GeForce GTX 670
    46.5
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    21

FPS (higher is better)

Metro 2033

  • GeForce GTX 670
    21.1
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    9.2

FPS (higher is better)

Sleeping Dogs

  • GeForce GTX 670
    37.3
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    17.5

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite V2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    37.6
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    18.1

FPS (higher is better)

STALKER: Call of Pripyat

  • GeForce GTX 670
    55.5
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    22.7

FPS (higher is better)

StarCraft II

  • GeForce GTX 670
    146.9
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    61.1

FPS (higher is better)

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

  • GeForce GTX 670
    55.6
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    26.3

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Shogun 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    33.6
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    11.8

FPS (higher is better)

Unigine Heaven 2.0

  • GeForce GTX 670
    41.6
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    18.2

FPS (higher is better)

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

  • GeForce GTX 670
    69.7
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    27.9

FPS (higher is better)