NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M vs AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M and AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM 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 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- Around 3% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 925 MHz
- Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 127.1 GTexel / s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
- 2x lower typical power consumption: 122 Watt vs 250 Watt
- 2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3583
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3339
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3583
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3339
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 12 March 2014 vs 8 January 2013 |
| Core clock speed | 954 MHz vs 925 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 127.1 GTexel / s vs 118.4 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 122 Watt vs 250 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 3 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3718 vs 3583 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 vs 3339 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3718 vs 3583 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 vs 3339 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
- Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
- Around 24% better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 3,050 gflops
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1536 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops vs 3,050 gflops |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M | AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3817 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 330 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 15023 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 46.273 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 777.677 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.914 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 38.196 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 82.511 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4501 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3718 | 3583 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 | 3339 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4501 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3718 | 3583 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 | 3339 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1611 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M | AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Kepler | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GK104 | Tahiti |
| Launch date | 12 March 2014 | 8 January 2013 |
| Place in performance rating | 763 | 764 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 993 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 954 MHz | 925 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1536 | |
| Floating-point performance | 3,050 gflops | 3,789 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1536 | 2048 |
| Texture fill rate | 127.1 GTexel / s | 118.4 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 122 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,540 million | 4,313 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | ||
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 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 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Length | 274 mm | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.0 GB / s | 264.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
| Standard memory configuration | GDDR5 | |
| Memory clock speed | 5500 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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