AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL vs AMD Radeon HD 7870M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL and AMD Radeon HD 7870M 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, 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.

AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL

AMD Radeon HD 7870M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 931 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 80.88 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 640
2.5x better floating-point performance: 2,588 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3880 vs 1507
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2070 vs 1367
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2070 vs 1367

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2018 vs 24 April 2012
Core clock speed	931 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	80.88 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2,588 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3880 vs 1507
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2070 vs 1367
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2070 vs 1367

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870M

Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
2.9x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 556 vs 461
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 1514
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 1514

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	556 vs 461
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 1514

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3880

1507

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

461

556

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2070

1367

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1514

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2070

1367

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1514

3359

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL	AMD Radeon HD 7870M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3880	1507
PassMark - G2D Mark	461	556
Geekbench - OpenCL	19490
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	58.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1235.247
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.195
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	75.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	252.311
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6318
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2070	1367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1514	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6318
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2070	1367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1514	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2091

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL	AMD Radeon HD 7870M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Polaris 22	Heathrow
Launch date	1 February 2018	24 April 2012
Place in performance rating	589	590
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz
Core clock speed	931 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,588 gflops	1,024 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	640
Texture fill rate	80.88 GTexel / s	32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count		1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB / s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	1024 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0