NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M vs AMD Radeon R9 380

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and AMD Radeon R9 380. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GK104GPU NameAntigua
N15E-GT-A2Model numberAntigua PRO
(215-0877000)
KeplerArchitectureGCN 3.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
3,540 millionTransistors5,000 million
294 mm²Die Size366 mm²

Graphics Card

Mar 12th, 2014Release DateJun 18th, 2015
GeForce 800MFamilyPirate Islands
(R9 300)
End-of-lifeProductionActive
GeForce 700MPredecessorVolcanic Islands
MXM-B (3.0)Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

3 GBMemory Size2 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
192 bitMemory Bus256 bit
120.0 GB/sBandwidth176.0 GB/s

Performance

27.08 GPixel/sPixel fillrate31.04 GPixel/s
108.3 GTexel/sTexture fillrate108.6 GTexel/s
2.599 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance3.476 TFLOPS
108.3 GFLOPS (1:24)FP64 (double) performance217.3 GFLOPS (1:16)

Clock Speeds

1250 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1375 MHz
5.5 Gbps effective

Render Config

1344Shading Units1792
112TMUs112
24ROPs32
16 KB (per SMX)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
384 KBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthDual-slot
100 WThermal design power (TDP)190 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
NonePower Connectors2x 6-pin
P2053 SKU 3Board NumberC766

API support

12 (11_0)DirectX12 (12_0)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL2.0
1.1Vulkan1.2
5.1Shader Model6.3