NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M vs AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M and AMD Radeon HD 8790M 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • 3x more texture fill rate: 63.76 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 960 vs 384
  • 2.2x better floating-point performance: 1,530 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2798 vs 1306
  • Around 84% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8632 vs 4679
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 29.528 vs 12.759
  • Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 731.755 vs 465.631
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.486 vs 1.576
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 42.15 vs 28.839
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 87.659 vs 80.418
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4133 vs 2181
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3651 vs 2656
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3331 vs 2014
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4133 vs 2181
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3651 vs 2656
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3331 vs 2014
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 May 2013 vs 1 April 2013
Texture fill rate 63.76 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 960 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,530 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2798 vs 1306
Geekbench - OpenCL 8632 vs 4679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 29.528 vs 12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 731.755 vs 465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.486 vs 1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 42.15 vs 28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 87.659 vs 80.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4133 vs 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3651 vs 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 vs 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4133 vs 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3651 vs 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 vs 2014

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8790M

  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 811 MHz
  • Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 850 MHz vs 797 MHz
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 339
  • Around 67% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1607 vs 964
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 811 MHz
Boost clock speed 850 MHz vs 797 MHz
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 751 vs 339
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1607 vs 964

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8790M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2798
1306
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
339
751
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8632
4679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
29.528
12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
731.755
465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.486
1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
42.15
28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
87.659
80.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4133
2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3651
2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4133
2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3651
2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
2014
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
964
1607
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M AMD Radeon HD 8790M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2798 1306
PassMark - G2D Mark 339 751
Geekbench - OpenCL 8632 4679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 29.528 12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 731.755 465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.486 1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 42.15 28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 87.659 80.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4133 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3651 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4133 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3651 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 2014
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 964 1607

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK106 Mars
Launch date 30 May 2013 1 April 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $189.99
Place in performance rating 860 861
Price now $177.99
Type Laptop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 19.67
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 797 MHz 850 MHz
Core clock speed 811 MHz 850 MHz
CUDA cores 960
Floating-point performance 1,530 gflops 691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 960 384
Texture fill rate 63.76 GTexel / s 21.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 2,540 million 1,040 million
Compute units 6

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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

Bus support PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size large medium sized
SLI options 1
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12 API 11
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 96.0 GB / s 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
TXAA