NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

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  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile.

348
Place in performance rating
95
no data
Value for money (0-100)
35.43
Kepler
Architecture
Turing
GK104
Code name
TU106B
Laptop
Type
Laptop
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
6 January 2019 (2 years ago)
$403
Price now
$1758
2.59
Value for money
5.89
N15P-GT
GPU code name
N18E-G2 TU106
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M  vs  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 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
2304
941 MHz
Core clock speed
1215 MHz
967 MHz
Boost Clock
1485 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
10,800 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
115 Watt
108.3
Texture fill rate
213.8
2,599 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1344
CUDA cores
no data
1344
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
967 MHz
Boost clock speed
1440 MHz
3,540 million
Number of transistors
10,800 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
115 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
None
Supplementary power connectors
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large
Laptop size
large
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
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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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
120.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
-
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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
no data
G-SYNC support
+
+
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
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Technologies

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

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VR Ready
+
no data
Multi Monitor
+
+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
7.5
+
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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 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
12 Ultimate (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.2.131
5.1
Shader Model
6.5
1.1
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 131 100 85 67 51 29
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 152.65 125.5 114.8 112.5 78.8 42.6
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 206 166 147 113.5 87 50
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 237.25 175.95 119 85.8 59.9 31.6
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 238.3 169.5 157 154 104 54.7
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

Cheaper ($403 vs $1758)

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 115 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

41.33% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2304 vs 1344)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 6 GB)

More memory bandwidth (448.0 GB/s vs 120.0 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.5 Out of 22 Hitesti Score
4.4 Out of 56 Hitesti Score