AMD Radeon HD 7870M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 7870M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870M

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 736 MHz
2.2x more pipelines: 640 vs 288
Around 21% better floating-point performance: 1,024 gflops vs 847.9 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 150 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 3828 MHz
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 556 vs 447
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3322
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3322

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2012 vs 14 May 2011
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 736 MHz
Pipelines	640 vs 288
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops vs 847.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 3828 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	556 vs 447
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3322

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM

Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 35.3 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1572 vs 1507
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3372 vs 1367
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3372 vs 1367

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	35.3 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1572 vs 1507
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3372 vs 1367
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3372 vs 1367

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1507

1572

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

556

447

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1367

3372

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1367

3372

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3322

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3322

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7870M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1507	1572
PassMark - G2D Mark	556	447
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1367	3372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1367	3372
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3322
Geekbench - OpenCL		27378
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2879
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2879

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7870M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Heathrow	GF114
Launch date	24 April 2012	14 May 2011
Place in performance rating	590	593
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	736 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops	847.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	288
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s	35.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	1,950 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		210 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	91.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	3828 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0