NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M vs AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GK104GPU NameTahiti
N15E-GT-A2Model numberTahiti PRO2
(215-0821282)
KeplerArchitectureGCN 1.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
3,540 millionTransistors4,313 million
294 mm²Die Size352 mm²

Graphics Card

Mar 12th, 2014Release DateJun 22nd, 2012
GeForce 800MFamilySouthern Islands
(HD 7900)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 700MPredecessorNorthern Islands
MXM-B (3.0)Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

3 GBMemory Size3 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
192 bitMemory Bus384 bit
120.0 GB/sBandwidth240.0 GB/s

Performance

27.08 GPixel/sPixel fillrate29.60 GPixel/s
108.3 GTexel/sTexture fillrate103.6 GTexel/s
2.599 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance3.315 TFLOPS
108.3 GFLOPS (1:24)FP64 (double) performance828.8 GFLOPS (1:4)

Clock Speeds

941 MHzBase Clock850 MHz
967 MHzBoost Clock925 MHz
1250 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1250 MHz
5 Gbps effective

Render Config

1344Shading Units1792
112TMUs112
24ROPs32
16 KB (per SMX)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
384 KBL2 Cache768 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthDual-slot
100 WThermal design power (TDP)200 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors1x DVI
1x HDMI
2x mini-DisplayPort
NonePower Connectors2x 6-pin
P2053 SKU 3Board NumberC386

API support

12 (11_0)DirectX12 (11_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL1.2
1.1Vulkan1.2
5.1Shader Model5.1