Radeon R5 340X OEM vs GeForce GTX 870M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in the ranking | 520 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Power efficiency | 6.39 | no data |
Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
GPU code name | GK104 | Oland |
Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
Release date | 12 March 2014 (11 years ago) | 5 May 2015 (10 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 cores | 1344 | 384 |
Core clock speed | 941 MHz | 900 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 967 MHz | 1050 MHz |
Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 950 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 65 Watt |
Texture fill rate | 108.3 | 21.60 |
Floating-point processing power | 2.599 TFLOPS | 0.6912 TFLOPS |
ROPs | 24 | 8 |
TMUs | 112 | 24 |
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 x8 |
Length | no data | 145 mm |
Width | no data | 1-slot |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | DDR3 |
Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 2 GB |
Standard memory configuration | GDDR5 | no data |
Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 64 Bit |
Memory clock speed | Up to 2500 MHz | 1000 MHz |
Memory bandwidth | 120.0 GB/s | 16 GB/s |
Shared memory | - | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x 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 and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D 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
Recency | 12 March 2014 | 5 May 2015 |
Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 2 GB |
Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 65 Watt |
GTX 870M has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.
R5 340X OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 53.8% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 870M and Radeon R5 340X OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 870M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R5 340X OEM is a desktop one.
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