NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670: specs and benchmarks
General info
Technical specs
Memory
Technologies
Benchmarks
Mining
Gaming
AMD equivalent
Advices and comments
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 670 sales 10 May 2012 at a recommended price of $399. This is Kepler architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 2 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 6.0 GB/s are supplied, and together with 256-bit GDDR5 memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 192.2 GB / s.
Compatibility-wise, this is Dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 9.5" (24.1 cm). Two 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 170 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 18.76 percent of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile.
General info
Of GeForce GTX 670's architecture, market type and release date.
Value for money (0-100)
5.22
Architecture
Kepler
Code name
GK104
Type
Desktop
Release date
10 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)
$399
Technical specs
GeForce GTX 670's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 670's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
CUDA cores
1344
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on GeForce GTX 670's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Length
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors
Two 6-pin
SLI options
3-way
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 670: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
Memory type
GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 670.
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
4 displays
HDMI
+
HDCP
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 670. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
3D Blu-Ray
+
3D Gaming
+
3D Vision
+
GPU Boost
+
CUDA
+
SLI
+
FXAA
+
TXAA
+
Adaptive VSync
+
API support
APIs supported by GeForce GTX 670, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX
12.0 (11_0)
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of GeForce GTX 670. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
18.76
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
7000
Unigine Heaven 4.0
962
Passmark
5362
Octane Render OctaneBench
49
Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX 670. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
97 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)
13 Mh/s
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good GeForce GTX 670 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS. Comparisons with system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall GeForce GTX 670 performance compared to its nearest competitors. All GPU types participate.
AMD equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GTX 670 from AMD is Radeon R9 280, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our rating.
