NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700 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

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 941 MHz vs 450 MHz
2.1x more boost clock speed: 967 MHz vs 450 MHz
20.1x more texture fill rate: 108.3 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
112x more pipelines: 1344 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 512 MB
23.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3450 vs 148
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 276 vs 232

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 March 2014 vs 1 August 2006
Core clock speed	941 MHz vs 450 MHz
Boost clock speed	967 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	108.3 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1344 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3450 vs 148
PassMark - G2D Mark	276 vs 232

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3450

148

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

276

232

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700
PassMark - G3D Mark	3450	148
PassMark - G2D Mark	276	232
Geekbench - OpenCL	12736
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 Go 7700
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK104	G73
Launch date	12 March 2014	1 August 2006
Place in performance rating	733	736
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	967 MHz	450 MHz
Core clock speed	941 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	1344
Floating-point performance	2,599 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1344	12
Texture fill rate	108.3 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	177 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	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	120.0 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	500 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory	0	0
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		1000 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