GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon HD 8870M

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Aggregate performance score

HD 8870M
2012
2 GB GDDR5, DDR3
4.24

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER outperforms Radeon HD 8870M by a whopping 1984% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking6434
Place by popularitynot in top-10077
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.7621.18
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameVenusAD103-400-A1
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date18 December 2012 (11 years ago)31 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999
Current price$338 $1202 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4080 SUPER has 2687% better value for money than HD 8870M.

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 cores64010240
Core clock speed725 MHz2295 MHz
Boost clock speed775 MHz2550 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data320 Watt
Texture fill rate31.00816.0
Floating-point performance992.0 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8870M and GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data310 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR5, DDR3GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed4500 MHz23000 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s716.8 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 outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDAno data8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 8870M 4.24
RTX 4080 SUPER 88.38
+1984%

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER outperforms Radeon HD 8870M by 1984% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 8870M 1638
RTX 4080 SUPER 34159
+1985%

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER outperforms Radeon HD 8870M by 1985% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 8870M 2986
RTX 4080 SUPER 87055
+2815%

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER outperforms Radeon HD 8870M by 2815% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 8870M 11715
RTX 4080 SUPER 141652
+1109%

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER outperforms Radeon HD 8870M by 1109% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 8870M 2169
RTX 4080 SUPER 59075
+2624%

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER outperforms Radeon HD 8870M by 2624% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 8870M 15739
RTX 4080 SUPER 187847
+1094%

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER outperforms Radeon HD 8870M by 1094% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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:

900p42
−1924%
850−900
+1924%
Full HD33
−676%
256
+676%
1440p8−9
−2125%
178
+2125%
4K5−6
−2280%
119
+2280%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−1900%
140−150
+1900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−3257%
235
+3257%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−9267%
281
+9267%
Battlefield 5 10−11
−2340%
240−250
+2340%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−1711%
160−170
+1711%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−1900%
140−150
+1900%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−733%
120−130
+733%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−1460%
150−160
+1460%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−2193%
344
+2193%
Hitman 3 10−11
−1400%
150−160
+1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−2547%
503
+2547%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−1688%
140−150
+1688%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−1027%
120−130
+1027%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−3993%
614
+3993%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
−2283%
140−150
+2283%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−2929%
212
+2929%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−7800%
237
+7800%
Battlefield 5 10−11
−2340%
240−250
+2340%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−1711%
160−170
+1711%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−1900%
140−150
+1900%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−973%
161
+973%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−850%
95
+850%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−2180%
342
+2180%
Hitman 3 10−11
−1400%
150−160
+1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−2526%
499
+2526%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−2288%
191
+2288%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−1027%
120−130
+1027%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−2793%
434
+2793%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−5989%
548
+5989%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
−2383%
149
+2383%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−2157%
158
+2157%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−6867%
209
+6867%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−1711%
160−170
+1711%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−1900%
140−150
+1900%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−733%
120−130
+733%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−2047%
322
+2047%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−2137%
425
+2137%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−2050%
172
+2050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−2856%
266
+2856%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
−2317%
145
+2317%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−1027%
120−130
+1027%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−1975%
160−170
+1975%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−2300%
140−150
+2300%
Hitman 3 2−3
−5900%
120−130
+5900%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−4550%
90−95
+4550%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−6650%
135
+6650%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−1767%
110−120
+1767%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1900%
40−45
+1900%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−3450%
213
+3450%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−4271%
306
+4271%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
−3350%
345
+3350%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−17000%
171
+17000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−5425%
221
+5425%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−12600%
127
+12600%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 12−14
−1042%
137
+1042%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−14100%
140−150
+14100%
Hitman 3 0−1 80−85
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−4125%
169
+4125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−13400%
135
+13400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−4700%
96
+4700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−4850%
99
+4850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−4450%
90−95
+4450%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−10067%
305
+10067%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−5050%
206
+5050%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−2267%
142
+2267%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−8000%
81
+8000%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−2120%
110−120
+2120%

This is how HD 8870M and RTX 4080 SUPER compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4080 SUPER is 1924% faster in 900p
  • RTX 4080 SUPER is 676% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4080 SUPER is 2125% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4080 SUPER is 2280% faster in 4K

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4080 SUPER is 17000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 4080 SUPER surpassed HD 8870M in all 61 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.24 88.38
Recency 18 December 2012 31 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

The GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8870M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8870M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is a desktop one.


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