NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 96% higher core clock speed: 941 MHz vs 479 MHz
2x more boost clock speed: 967 MHz vs 480 MHz
56.5x more texture fill rate: 108.3 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s
336x more pipelines: 1344 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 128 MB
72.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3496 vs 48
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 279 vs 263

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 March 2014 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	941 MHz vs 479 MHz
Boost clock speed	967 MHz vs 480 MHz
Texture fill rate	108.3 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1344 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3496 vs 48
PassMark - G2D Mark	279 vs 263

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3496

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

279

263

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
PassMark - G3D Mark	3496	48
PassMark - G2D Mark	279	263
Geekbench - OpenCL	12758
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
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	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Code name	GK104	M64
Launch date	12 March 2014	1 March 2007
Place in performance rating	691	688
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	967 MHz	480 MHz
Core clock speed	941 MHz	479 MHz
CUDA cores	1344
Floating-point performance	2,599 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1344	4
Texture fill rate	108.3 GTexel / s	1.916 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	107 million
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 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	120.0 GB / s	7.14 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	400 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory	0	no
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		784 MHz
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA