GeForce GTS 360M vs GTX 870M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 870M and GeForce GTS 360M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 870M
2014
3 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
8.94
+439%

GTX 870M outperforms GTS 360M by a whopping 439% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking490950
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.223.04
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGK104GT215
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 March 2014 (10 years ago)7 January 2010 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores134496
Core clock speed941 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed967 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million727 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt38 Watt
Texture fill rate108.317.60
Floating-point processing power2.599 TFLOPS0.2757 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data413
ROPs248
TMUs11232

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0PCI-E 2.0
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)MXM-II
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options++
MXM Typeno dataMXM 3.0 Type-B

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB1 GB
Standard memory configurationGDDR5no data
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 2500 MHzUp to 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth120.0 GB/s57.6 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsSingle Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI++
HDCP content protection+-
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
Power managementno data8.0

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.52.1
OpenCL1.11.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA++

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTX 870M 8.94
+439%
GTS 360M 1.66

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 870M 3473
+439%
GTS 360M 644

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 870M 24035
+335%
GTS 360M 5522

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p95−100
+428%
18
−428%
Full HD45
+114%
21
−114%
4K20
+567%
3−4
−567%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+260%
5−6
−260%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+867%
3−4
−867%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+260%
5−6
−260%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+338%
8−9
−338%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+450%
4−5
−450%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+243%
7−8
−243%
Valorant 30−35
+467%
6−7
−467%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+867%
3−4
−867%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+260%
5−6
−260%
Dota 2 24
+1100%
2−3
−1100%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+217%
12−14
−217%
Fortnite 50−55
+563%
8−9
−563%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+338%
8−9
−338%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+450%
4−5
−450%
Grand Theft Auto V 36
+1700%
2−3
−1700%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
+318%
16−18
−318%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+243%
7−8
−243%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 31
+288%
8−9
−288%
Valorant 30−35
+467%
6−7
−467%
World of Tanks 130−140
+291%
30−35
−291%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+867%
3−4
−867%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+260%
5−6
−260%
Dota 2 30−35
+1500%
2−3
−1500%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+217%
12−14
−217%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+338%
8−9
−338%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+450%
4−5
−450%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
+318%
16−18
−318%
Valorant 30−35
+467%
6−7
−467%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 2−3 0−1
Dota 2 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+345%
10−12
−345%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
World of Tanks 65−70
+550%
10−11
−550%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+467%
3−4
−467%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+567%
3−4
−567%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Valorant 21−24
+229%
7−8
−229%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 2−3 0−1
Dota 2 20−22
+25%
16−18
−25%
Grand Theft Auto V 18−20
+26.7%
14−16
−26.7%
Metro Exodus 4−5 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 24−27
+420%
5−6
−420%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+26.7%
14−16
−26.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Dota 2 20−22
+25%
16−18
−25%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Fortnite 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Forza Horizon 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Valorant 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%

This is how GTX 870M and GTS 360M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 870M is 428% faster in 900p
  • GTX 870M is 114% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 870M is 567% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 870M is 2300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 870M surpassed GTS 360M in all 46 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.94 1.66
Recency 12 March 2014 7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 38 Watt

GTX 870M has a 438.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GTS 360M, on the other hand, has 163.2% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 870M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 360M in performance tests.

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