AMD Radeon 780M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 780M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon 780M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 780M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 59% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 941 MHz
3x more boost clock speed: 2900 MHz vs 967 MHz
1285.3x more texture fill rate: 139.2 GTexel/s vs 108.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 28 nm
6.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 100 Watt
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27793 vs 12758
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 879 vs 279
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6998 vs 3496

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 12 March 2014
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 941 MHz
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz vs 967 MHz
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s vs 108.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	27793 vs 12758
PassMark - G2D Mark	879 vs 279
PassMark - G3D Mark	6998 vs 3496

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Around 75% higher pipelines: 1344 vs 768
2.8x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1336 vs 480

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1344 vs 768
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1336 vs 480

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 780M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

27793

12758

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

879

279

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6998

3496

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

480

1336

Name	AMD Radeon 780M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Geekbench - OpenCL	27793	12758
PassMark - G2D Mark	879	279
PassMark - G3D Mark	6998	3496
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	480	1336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		34.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		960.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		59.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		81.753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 780M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Phoenix	GK104
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	240	691
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz	967 MHz
Compute units	12
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	941 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	1344
Pixel fill rate	92.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s	108.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	100 Watt
CUDA cores		1344
Floating-point performance		2,599 gflops
Transistor count		3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
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
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.1	1.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	120.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	System Shared	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared
Memory type	System Shared	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