Radeon Vega 7 vs GeForce GTX 870M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	454	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	27
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.96	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2021)
GPU code name	N15P-GT	Cezanne
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	12 March 2014 (10 years ago)	13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$403	$583

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	448
CUDA cores	1344	no data
Core clock speed	941 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	967 MHz	1900 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	108.3	53.20
Floating-point performance	2,599 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 870M and Radeon Vega 7 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

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

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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	System Shared
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5	no data
Memory bus width	192 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	Up to 2500 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	120.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	no data

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	No outputs
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	+	no data
HDCP content protection	+	no data
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI	+	no data
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming	+	no data

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	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 March 2014	13 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	45 Watt

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