NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M vs NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL 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 9 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- Around 79% higher core clock speed: 941 MHz vs 525 MHz
- 25.8x more texture fill rate: 108.3 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
- 24x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 128 MB
- 36.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3484 vs 95
- Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 279 vs 243
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 12 March 2014 vs 14 November 2004 |
| Core clock speed | 941 MHz vs 525 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 108.3 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 110 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 128 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3484 vs 95 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 279 vs 243 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M | NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3484 | 95 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 279 | 243 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 12745 | |
| 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 | NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Kepler | Curie |
| Code name | GK104 | NV43 A2 |
| Launch date | 12 March 2014 | 14 November 2004 |
| Place in performance rating | 717 | 714 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 967 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 941 MHz | 525 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1344 | |
| Floating-point performance | 2,599 gflops | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 110 nm |
| Pipelines | 1344 | |
| Texture fill rate | 108.3 GTexel / s | 4.2 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 3,540 million | 146 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | ||
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA |
| 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 1.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 9.0c |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 120.0 GB / s | 17.6 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
| Standard memory configuration | GDDR5 | |
| Memory clock speed | 1100 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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