NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q vs AMD Radeon HD 7870M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q

AMD Radeon HD 7870M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 52.24 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
Around 63% better floating-point performance: 1,672 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1756 vs 1507

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 May 2016 vs 24 April 2012
Core clock speed	1033 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	52.24 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,672 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1756 vs 1507

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870M

5x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 225 Watt
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 556 vs 228

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	556 vs 228

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

228

556

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1756

1507

Name	NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q	AMD Radeon HD 7870M
PassMark - G2D Mark	228	556
PassMark - G3D Mark	1756	1507
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1367
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q	AMD Radeon HD 7870M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM107	Heathrow
Launch date	18 May 2016	24 April 2012
Place in performance rating	574	577
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1306 MHz
Core clock speed	1033 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,672 gflops	1,024 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	640
Texture fill rate	52.24 GTexel / s	32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	83.2 GB / s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0