Radeon HD 8950 OEM vs GeForce GTX 870M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	462	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	N15P-GT	Tahiti
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	12 March 2014 (10 years ago)	8 January 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1344	1792
CUDA cores	1344	no data
Core clock speed	941 MHz	850 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	925 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	200 Watt
Texture fill rate	108.3	103.6
Floating-point performance	2,599 gflops	3,315 gflops
Floating-point performance	2.599 gflops	3.315 gflops

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 size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
SLI options	+	-

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	3 GB
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5	no data
Memory bus width	192 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 2500 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	120.0 GB/s	240.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200	no data
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP content protection	+	-
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	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 March 2014	8 January 2013
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	3 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	200 Watt

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