NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GK104GPU NameGK104
N15E-GT-A2Model numberGK104-325-A2
KeplerArchitectureKepler
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
3,540 millionTransistors3,540 million
294 mm²Die Size294 mm²

Graphics Card

Mar 12th, 2014Release DateMay 10th, 2012
GeForce 800MFamilyGeForce 600
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 700MPredecessorGeForce 500
MXM-B (3.0)Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

3 GBMemory Size2 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
192 bitMemory Bus256 bit
120.0 GB/sBandwidth192.3 GB/s

Performance

27.08 GPixel/sPixel fillrate27.44 GPixel/s
108.3 GTexel/sTexture fillrate109.8 GTexel/s
2.599 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance2.634 TFLOPS
108.3 GFLOPS (1:24)FP64 (double) performance109.8 GFLOPS (1:24)

Clock Speeds

941 MHzBase Clock915 MHz
967 MHzBoost Clock980 MHz
1250 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1502 MHz
6 Gbps effective

Render Config

1344Shading Units1344
112TMUs112
24ROPs32
16 KB (per SMX)L1 Cache16 KB (per SMX)
384 KBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthDual-slot
100 WThermal design power (TDP)170 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
NonePower Connectors2x 6-pin
P2053 SKU 3Board NumberP2004

API support

12 (11_0)DirectX12 (11_0)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL3.0
1.1Vulkan1.1
5.1Shader Model5.1
3.0CUDA3.0