NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M vs AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 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 870M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 18% higher core clock speed: 941 MHz vs 800 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 254 Watt
- Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3484 vs 2534
- 3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12745 vs 3977
- 3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.038 vs 0.789
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 12 March 2014 vs 19 September 2011 |
| Core clock speed | 941 MHz vs 800 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt vs 254 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3484 vs 2534 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 12745 vs 3977 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.038 vs 0.789 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
- 2.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 108.3 GTexel / s
- Around 43% higher pipelines: 2x 960 vs 1344
- Around 18% better floating-point performance: 2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 2,599 gflops
- Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 3 GB
- Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 373 vs 279
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 108.3 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2x 960 vs 1344 |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 2,599 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 2x 2 GB vs 3 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 373 vs 279 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M | AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3484 | 2534 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 279 | 373 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 12745 | 3977 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 34.836 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 960.114 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.038 | 0.789 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 59.57 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 81.753 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6350 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3718 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3353 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6350 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3718 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3353 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1336 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M | AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Kepler | TeraScale 2 |
| Code name | GK104 | Barts |
| Launch date | 12 March 2014 | 19 September 2011 |
| Place in performance rating | 717 | 719 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 967 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 941 MHz | 800 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1344 | |
| Floating-point performance | 2,599 gflops | 2x 1,536.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 1344 | 2x 960 |
| Texture fill rate | 108.3 GTexel / s | 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | 254 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,540 million | 1,700 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | ||
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| 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 |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 8-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 2x 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 120.0 GB / s | 2x 134.4 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 2x 256 Bit |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
| Standard memory configuration | GDDR5 | |
| Memory clock speed | 4200 MHz | |
Technologies |
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| 3D Blu-Ray | ||
| BatteryBoost | ||
| CUDA | ||
| Direct Compute | ||
| FXAA | ||
| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
| SLI | ||
| TXAA | ||
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