NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q 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, 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• Around 6% higher core clock speed: 999 MHz vs 941 MHz
• Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 1328 MHz vs 967 MHz
• 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
• Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
• Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4020 vs 3496
• Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 285 vs 279
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6614 vs 6350
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6614 vs 6350
• Around 55% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2076 vs 1336

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

• 2x more texture fill rate: 108.3 GTexel / s vs 53.12 GTexel / s
• 2.1x more pipelines: 1344 vs 640
• Around 53% better floating-point performance: 2,599 gflops vs 1,700 gflops
• Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12758 vs 12601
• 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 1491
• 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 1341
• 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 1491
• 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 1341

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	4020 3496
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	285 279
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	12601 12758
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6614 6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1491 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1341 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6614 6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1491 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1341 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	2076 1336

Compare specifications (specs)