NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

GeForce GTX 870M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 12 March 2014. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Kepler microarchitecture codenamed GK104.

Core clock speed - 941 MHz. Boost clock speed - 967 MHz. Texture fill rate - 108.3 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1344. Floating-point performance - 2,599 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 3,540 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 100 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 3 GB. Memory bus width - 192 Bit. Memory bandwidth - 120.0 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
3450
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
276
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
12539
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
34.836 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
960.114 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
3.038 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
59.570 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
81.753 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
6350 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3718 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3353 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
6350.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3718.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3353.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
1336
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 3450
PassMark - G2D Mark 276
Geekbench - OpenCL 12539
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 34.836 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 960.114 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 3.038 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 59.570 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 81.753 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 6350 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3718 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3353 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 6350.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3718.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3353.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1336

Games performance

Titanfall 2 (2016)

Low, 1280x720117.00
Medium, 1366x76886.40
High, 1920x108042.90
Ultra, 1920x108039.40
4K, 3840x216013.30

Farming Simulator 17 (2016)

Low, 1280x720185.00
Medium, 1366x768161.00
High, 1920x1080105.00
Ultra, 1920x108063.90
4K, 3840x216033.60

Battlefield 1 (2016)

Low, 1280x720129.00
Medium, 1366x76888.40
High, 1920x108041.20
Ultra, 1920x108037.00
4K, 3840x216014.40

Mafia 3 (2016)

Low, 1280x72043.70
Medium, 1366x76828.40
High, 1920x108015.30

Deus Ex Mankind Divided (2016)

Low, 1280x72050.80
Medium, 1366x76834.30
High, 1920x108019.80
Ultra, 1920x10809.30

Mirror's Edge Catalyst (2016)

Low, 1280x720111.00
Medium, 1366x76870.10
High, 1920x108033.10
Ultra, 1920x108026.90
4K, 3840x216010.20

Overwatch (2016)

Low, 1280x720219.00
Medium, 1366x768163.00
High, 1920x108077.40
Ultra, 1920x108044.40
4K, 3840x216024.40

Doom (2016)

Low, 1280x72068.70
Medium, 1366x76859.00
High, 1920x108035.10
Ultra, 1920x108033.40

Hitman 2016 (2016)

Low, 1280x72060.80
Medium, 1366x76852.30
High, 1920x108021.80
Ultra, 1920x108020.30
4K, 3840x21609.70

The Division (2016)

Low, 1280x72082.70
Medium, 1366x76860.40
High, 1920x108029.80
Ultra, 1920x108021.80

Far Cry Primal (2016)

Low, 1280x72076.00
Medium, 1920x108039.00
High, 1920x108034.00
Ultra, 1920x108025.00
4K, 3840x216011.00

XCOM 2 (2016)

Low, 1280x72073.80
Medium, 1920x108034.40
High, 1920x108020.90
Ultra, 1920x10809.10

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Low, 1024x76871.90
Medium, 1366x76847.40
High, 1920x108030.00
Ultra, 1920x108025.80
4K, 3840x216011.30

Rainbow Six Siege (2015)

Low, 1024x768172.80
Medium, 1366x768114.50
High, 1920x108065.00
Ultra, 1920x108044.50
4K, 3840x216020.30

Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)

Low, 1024x76863.90
Medium, 1366x76852.70
High, 1920x108033.70
Ultra, 1920x108012.80
4K, 3840x216010.50

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

Low, 1024x768149.00
Medium, 1366x76895.40
High, 1920x108045.90
Ultra, 1920x108040.80
4K, 3840x216014.20

Fallout 4 (2015)

Low, 1280x72097.10
Medium, 1366x76861.30
High, 1920x108035.10
Ultra, 1920x108028.90
4K, 3840x216011.60

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768102.60
Medium, 1366x76869.70
High, 1920x108035.90
Ultra, 1920x108032.00
4K, 3840x216010.50

Anno 2205 (2015)

Low, 1024x768116.30
Medium, 1366x76866.10
High, 1920x108033.60
Ultra, 1920x10806.80
4K, 3840x216013.50

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x76877.70
Medium, 1366x76847.40
High, 1920x108027.70
Ultra, 1920x108015.40

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768292.40
Medium, 1366x768133.20
High, 1920x108087.60
Ultra, 1920x108040.40
4K, 3840x216034.80

GTA V (2015)

Low, 1024x768133.70
Medium, 1366x768107.60
High, 1920x108050.70
Ultra, 1920x108021.10

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Low, 1024x768110.30
Medium, 1366x76885.70
High, 1920x108037.20
Ultra, 1920x108025.30

Far Cry 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768100.80
Medium, 1366x76893.40
High, 1920x108042.20
Ultra, 1920x108032.90

Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)

Low, 1024x76864.40
Medium, 1366x76851.30
High, 1920x108026.20
Ultra, 1920x108018.80

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Low, 1024x768113.60
Medium, 1366x76875.30
High, 1920x108053.60
Ultra, 1920x108033.80

Alien: Isolation (2014)

Low, 1024x768205.90
Medium, 1366x768145.70
High, 1920x108077.90
Ultra, 1920x108055.90

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x720142.00
Medium, 1344x75684.90
High, 1920x108050.20
Ultra, 1920x108038.90

Sims 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768156.20
Medium, 1366x76896.10
High, 1920x108073.70
Ultra, 1920x108065.80

Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)

Low, 1280x72060.00
Medium, 1280x72060.00
High, 1920x108060.00
Ultra, 1920x108048.70

The Elder Scrolls Online (2014)

Low, 1024x76893.70
Medium, 1366x76884.50
High, 1366x76861.45
Ultra, 1920x108045.45

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76854.10
Medium, 1366x76850.55
High, 1366x76848.20
Ultra, 1920x108031.90

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Low, 1024x768100.40
Medium, 1366x76849.00
High, 1366x76825.20
Ultra, 1920x108019.65

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x768141.00
Medium, 1366x768119.00
High, 1366x76890.90
Ultra, 1920x108036.60

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x768217.50
Medium, 1366x768161.20
High, 1366x768129.50
Ultra, 1920x108031.60

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76855.30
Medium, 1366x76851.40
High, 1366x76844.80
Ultra, 1920x108022.00

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76885.50
Medium, 1366x76881.65
High, 1366x76861.40
Ultra, 1920x108034.40

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720188.65
Medium, 1366x768146.95
High, 1366x768131.00
Ultra, 1920x108052.20

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Low, 1024x768110.00
Medium, 1366x76898.00
High, 1366x76879.00
Ultra, 1920x108038.00

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x768106.00
Medium, 1366x76879.00
High, 1366x76866.00
Ultra, 1920x108042.00

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768300.65
Medium, 1366x768166.55
High, 1366x768129.30
Ultra, 1920x108059.80

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x768125.60
Medium, 1366x76895.10
High, 1366x76865.60
Ultra, 1920x108026.70

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76860.60
Medium, 1366x76856.80
High, 1366x76848.60
Ultra, 1920x108028.45

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768178.00
Medium, 1366x768116.00
High, 1366x768103.00
Ultra, 1920x108075.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Kepler
Code name GK104
Launch date 12 March 2014
Place in performance rating 733
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 967 MHz
Core clock speed 941 MHz
CUDA cores 1344
Floating-point performance 2,599 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 1344
Texture fill rate 108.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA