NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M vs AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GK104GPU NameAmethyst
N15E-GT-A2Model numberAmethyst XT
KeplerArchitectureGCN 3.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
3,540 millionTransistors5,000 million
294 mm²Die Size366 mm²

Graphics Card

Mar 12th, 2014Release DateNov 23rd, 2014
GeForce 800MFamilyCrystal System
(R9 M200)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 700MPredecessorSolar System
MXM-B (3.0)Bus InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)

Memory

3 GBMemory Size4 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
192 bitMemory Bus256 bit
120.0 GB/sBandwidth174.3 GB/s

Performance

27.08 GPixel/sPixel fillrate27.20 GPixel/s
108.3 GTexel/sTexture fillrate108.8 GTexel/s
2.599 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance3.482 TFLOPS
108.3 GFLOPS (1:24)FP64 (double) performance217.6 GFLOPS (1:16)

Clock Speeds

1250 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1362 MHz
5.4 Gbps effective

Render Config

1344Shading Units2048
112TMUs128
24ROPs32
16 KB (per SMX)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
384 KBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthMXM Module
100 WThermal design power (TDP)250 W
No outputsDisplay ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

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