NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M vs AMD Radeon HD 8870M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M 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, 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 11 month(s) later
- Around 30% higher core clock speed: 941 MHz vs 725 MHz
- Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 967 MHz vs 725 MHz
- 3.5x more texture fill rate: 108.3 GTexel / s vs 31 GTexel / s
- 2.1x more pipelines: 1344 vs 640
- 2.6x better floating-point performance: 2,599 gflops vs 992.0 gflops
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3450 vs 1638
- Around 26% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12462 vs 9907
- Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 34.836 vs 24.097
- 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 960.114 vs 465.496
- Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.038 vs 2.211
- Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 59.57 vs 38.126
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 12 March 2014 vs 1 April 2013 |
| Core clock speed | 941 MHz vs 725 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 967 MHz vs 725 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 108.3 GTexel / s vs 31 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1344 vs 640 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,599 gflops vs 992.0 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 2 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3450 vs 1638 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 12462 vs 9907 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 34.836 vs 24.097 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 960.114 vs 465.496 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.038 vs 2.211 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 59.57 vs 38.126 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3718 vs 3702 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3718 vs 3702 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870M
- 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 629 vs 276
- Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 106.848 vs 81.753
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 629 vs 276 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 106.848 vs 81.753 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3357 vs 3353 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3357 vs 3353 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8870M
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M | AMD Radeon HD 8870M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3450 | 1638 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 276 | 629 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 12462 | 9907 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 34.836 | 24.097 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 960.114 | 465.496 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.038 | 2.211 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 59.57 | 38.126 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 81.753 | 106.848 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6350 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3718 | 3702 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3353 | 3357 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6350 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3718 | 3702 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3353 | 3357 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1336 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M | AMD Radeon HD 8870M | |
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| Architecture | Kepler | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GK104 | Venus |
| Launch date | 12 March 2014 | 1 April 2013 |
| Place in performance rating | 725 | 726 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 967 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 941 MHz | 725 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1344 | |
| Floating-point performance | 2,599 gflops | 992.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1344 | 640 |
| Texture fill rate | 108.3 GTexel / s | 31 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 3,540 million | 1,500 million |
| Compute units | 10 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| 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 |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | large |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 11 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 120.0 GB / s | 72 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
| Standard memory configuration | GDDR5 | |
| Memory clock speed | 4500 MHz | |
Technologies |
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| BatteryBoost | ||
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| Direct Compute | ||
| FXAA | ||
| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
| SLI | ||
| TXAA | ||
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