AMD Radeon Pro 555 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 555 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 555

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 659 vs 278
  • Around 99% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 162.706 vs 81.753
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2017 vs 12 March 2014
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 659 vs 278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 162.706 vs 81.753

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 941 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • 2.7x more texture fill rate: 108.3 GTexel / s vs 40.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 75% higher pipelines: 1344 vs 768
  • Around 99% better floating-point performance: 2,599 gflops vs 1,306 gflops
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3480 vs 3141
  • Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12737 vs 11464
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 34.836 vs 31.301
  • Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 960.114 vs 572.795
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.038 vs 2.83
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 59.57 vs 26.388
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6350 vs 4042
  • Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 2221
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6350 vs 4042
  • Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 2221
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 941 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 108.3 GTexel / s vs 40.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1344 vs 768
Floating-point performance 2,599 gflops vs 1,306 gflops
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3480 vs 3141
Geekbench - OpenCL 12737 vs 11464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.836 vs 31.301
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 960.114 vs 572.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.038 vs 2.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 59.57 vs 26.388
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6350 vs 4042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 2221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6350 vs 4042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 2221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3349

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 555
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3141
3480
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
659
278
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11464
12737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31.301
34.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
572.795
960.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.83
3.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26.388
59.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
162.706
81.753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4042
6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2221
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4042
6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2221
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3353
Name AMD Radeon Pro 555 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
PassMark - G3D Mark 3141 3480
PassMark - G2D Mark 659 278
Geekbench - OpenCL 11464 12737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 31.301 34.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 572.795 960.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.83 3.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 26.388 59.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 162.706 81.753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4042 6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2221 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4042 6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2221 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1336

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 555 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Kepler
Code name Polaris 21 GK104
Launch date 5 June 2017 12 March 2014
Place in performance rating 716 718
Type Mobile workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 850 MHz 941 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,306 gflops 2,599 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 1344
Texture fill rate 40.8 GTexel / s 108.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 3,540 million
Boost clock speed 967 MHz
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 PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large large
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 81.6 GB / s 120.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 5100 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5

Technologies

DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0
3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA