NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M vs AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M and AMD Radeon HD 6970M 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 880M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 40% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 680 MHz
  • 3.9x more texture fill rate: 127.1 GTexel / s vs 32.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 960
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 3,050 gflops vs 1,305.6 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3783 vs 2270
  • 4.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15023 vs 3349
  • 7.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 34.42 vs 4.787
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 776.776 vs 617.819
  • 4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.915 vs 0.927
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 36.688 vs 24.456
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3229
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3229
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 March 2014 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed 954 MHz vs 680 MHz
Texture fill rate 127.1 GTexel / s vs 32.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 960
Floating-point performance 3,050 gflops vs 1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3783 vs 2270
Geekbench - OpenCL 15023 vs 3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.42 vs 4.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 776.776 vs 617.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.915 vs 0.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 36.688 vs 24.456
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3342

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M

  • Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 122 Watt
  • Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 332
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 117.801 vs 82.511
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 122 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 656 vs 332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 117.801 vs 82.511

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6970M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3783
2270
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
332
656
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
15023
3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34.42
4.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
776.776
617.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.915
0.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
36.688
24.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
82.511
117.801
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3342
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M AMD Radeon HD 6970M
PassMark - G3D Mark 3783 2270
PassMark - G2D Mark 332 656
Geekbench - OpenCL 15023 3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.42 4.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 776.776 617.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.915 0.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 36.688 24.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 82.511 117.801
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1611

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK104 Blackcomb
Launch date 12 March 2014 4 January 2011
Place in performance rating 779 781
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 993 MHz
Core clock speed 954 MHz 680 MHz
CUDA cores 1536
Floating-point performance 3,050 gflops 1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1536 960
Texture fill rate 127.1 GTexel / s 32.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 122 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,700 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) MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large large
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5
Memory clock speed 3600 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