NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M vs NVIDIA Quadro 7000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA Quadro 7000 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 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher core clock speed: 941 MHz vs 651 MHz
  • 2.6x more texture fill rate: 108.3 GTexel / s vs 41.66 GTexel / s
  • 2.6x more pipelines: 1344 vs 512
  • Around 95% better floating-point performance: 2,599 gflops vs 1,332 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 204 Watt
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 34.836 vs 32.699
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 59.57 vs 51.693
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 March 2014 vs 2 May 2012
Core clock speed 941 MHz vs 651 MHz
Texture fill rate 108.3 GTexel / s vs 41.66 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1344 vs 512
Floating-point performance 2,599 gflops vs 1,332 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 204 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.836 vs 32.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 59.57 vs 51.693
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3705

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 7000

  • 2x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 3 GB
  • Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 397 vs 279
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1142.156 vs 960.114
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.796 vs 3.038
  • Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 110.277 vs 81.753
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3505 vs 3496
PassMark - G2D Mark 397 vs 279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1142.156 vs 960.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.796 vs 3.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 110.277 vs 81.753

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 7000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3496
3505
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
279
397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34.836
32.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
960.114
1142.156
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.038
3.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
59.57
51.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
81.753
110.277
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3353
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M NVIDIA Quadro 7000
PassMark - G3D Mark 3496 3505
PassMark - G2D Mark 279 397
Geekbench - OpenCL 12758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.836 32.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 960.114 1142.156
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.038 3.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 59.57 51.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 81.753 110.277
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1336

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M NVIDIA Quadro 7000

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi 2.0
Code name GK104 GF110
Launch date 12 March 2014 2 May 2012
Place in performance rating 691 692
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $14,499

Technical info

Boost clock speed 967 MHz
Core clock speed 941 MHz 651 MHz
CUDA cores 1344
Floating-point performance 2,599 gflops 1,332 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1344 512
Texture fill rate 108.3 GTexel / s 41.66 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 204 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 3,000 million

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None
Length 248 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB / s 177.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 384 Bit
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5
Memory clock speed 3404 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