AMD Radeon E8950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon E8950

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 967 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 108.3 GTexel / s
Around 52% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1344
Around 58% better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 2,599 gflops
Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 100 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
Around 92% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 34.836
Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 960.114
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 3.038
Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.836 vs 59.57
4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 81.753

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 12 March 2014
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 967 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 108.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1344
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 2,599 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 100 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837 vs 34.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722 vs 960.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633 vs 3.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836 vs 59.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391 vs 81.753

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Around 28% higher core clock speed: 941 MHz vs 735 MHz

Core clock speed	941 MHz vs 735 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

66.837

34.836

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1369.722

960.114

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.633

3.038

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.836

59.57

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

326.391

81.753

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837	34.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722	960.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633	3.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836	59.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391	81.753
PassMark - G3D Mark		3496
PassMark - G2D Mark		279
Geekbench - OpenCL		12758
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1336

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Amethyst	GK104
Launch date	29 September 2015	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	689	691
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	967 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	941 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	2,599 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1344
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	108.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1344
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	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
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	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	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	120.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	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