GeForce GTX 670 and Stream Processor - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 670
Stream Processor
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Ultra-Threaded SE
GPU code name
GK104
R580
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2012
2006
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
Two 6-pin
1x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
980 MHz
-
Core clock speed
915 MHz
594 MHz
CUDA cores
1344
-
Floating-point performance
2,459.5 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
3,540 million
384 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1344
-
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
165 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
-
Texture fill rate
102.5 billion/sec
9.504
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
256-bit GDDR5
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
6.0 GB/s
1296 MBps
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
41.47 GB/s
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.2
N/A
OpenGL
4.2
2.1 (full)
Shader Model5.13.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
3D Vision
+
-