NVIDIA GeForce 830A vs AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 830A and AMD Radeon HD 8870M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 830A

AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 830A

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 59% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 725 MHz

Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed	1082 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz vs 725 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Around 68% higher texture fill rate: 31 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 640 vs 256
Around 68% better floating-point performance: 992.0 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1638 vs 1138
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 629 vs 487
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8637 vs 4315
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3702 vs 2889
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3702 vs 2889
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3302
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3302

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 256
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1638 vs 1138
PassMark - G2D Mark	629 vs 487
Geekbench - OpenCL	8637 vs 4315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3702 vs 2889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3702 vs 2889
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3302

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 830A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8870M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1138

1638

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

487

629

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4315

8637

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2889

3702

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2889

3702

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3302

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3302

3357

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 830A	AMD Radeon HD 8870M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1138	1638
PassMark - G2D Mark	487	629
Geekbench - OpenCL	4315	8637
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1767
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2889	3702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2889	3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3302	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3302	3357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		38.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		106.848

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 830A	AMD Radeon HD 8870M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM108	Venus
Launch date	22 July 2014	1 April 2013
Place in performance rating	742	744
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	725 MHz
Core clock speed	1082 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	588.8 gflops	992.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	256	640
Texture fill rate	18.4 GTexel / s	31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt
Compute units		10
Transistor count		1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory		0