NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
VS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
VS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M  vs  AMD Radeon RX Vega 7.

348
Place in performance rating
293
Kepler
Architecture
Vega
GK104
Code name
Vega Raven Ridge
Laptop
Type
Laptop
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
7 January 2020 (1 year ago)
$403
Price now
$387
2.59
Value for money
12.86
N15P-GT
GPU code name
Vega Raven Ridge
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M  vs  AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1344
Pipelines
448
941 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
967 MHz
Boost Clock
1600 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
no data
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
108.3
Texture fill rate
no data
2,599 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1344
CUDA cores
no data
1344
Pipelines / CUDA cores
448
967 MHz
Boost clock speed
1600 MHz
3,540 million
Number of transistors
no data
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
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None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
large
Laptop size
no data
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7.

GDDR5
Memory type
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6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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192 Bit
Memory bus width
no data
120.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
no data
-
Shared memory
-
GDDR5
Standard memory configuration
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7.

No outputs
Display Connectors
no data
+
HDMI
no data
Up to 2048x1536
VGA аnalog display support
no data
Up to 3840x2160
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
no data
Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support
no data
Up to 1920x1200
LVDS signal support
no data
+
HDCP content protection
no data
+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
no data
+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
no data

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
BatteryBoost
no data
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data
+
Direct Compute
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX 12_1
4.5
OpenGL
no data
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M or AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 81 40 30 21
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 77.8 28.1 18.5 12.1
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

More pipelines (1344 vs 448)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

0.13% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($387 vs $403)

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 28 nm)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M or AMD Radeon RX Vega 7?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M versus AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

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4.4 Out of 123 Hitesti Score