GeForce GTX 870M vs Radeon RX Vega M GL

Place in performance ranking	436	453
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	2.58	2.91
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Polaris 22	N15P-GT
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 February 2018 (6 years old)	12 March 2014 (10 years old)
Current price	$1307	$403

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 870M has 13% better value for money than RX Vega M GL.

Technical specs

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	1280	1344
CUDA cores	no data	1344
Core clock speed	931 MHz	941 MHz
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,000 million	3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	80.88	108.3
Floating-point performance	2,588 gflops	2,599 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega M GL and GeForce GTX 870M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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	no data	large
Bus support	no data	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface	IGP	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
SLI options	no data	+

Memory

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	HBM2	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Standard memory configuration	no data	GDDR5
Memory bus width	1024 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	Up to 2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	120.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

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	no data	Up to 3840x2160
LVDS signal support	no data	Up to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display support	no data	Up to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	no data	Up to 3840x2160
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	+

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 support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.1.126
CUDA	no data	+

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.

RX Vega M GL 9.35
+5.1%

GTX 870M 8.90

Radeon RX Vega M GL outperforms GeForce GTX 870M by 5% based on our aggregated 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%

RX Vega M GL 3620
+5%

GTX 870M 3449

Radeon RX Vega M GL outperforms GeForce GTX 870M by 5% in Passmark.

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:

Full HD	45−50 −2.2%	46 +2.2%
4K	18−20 −5.6%	19 +5.6%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

18−20

−47.4%

28
+47.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

18−20
+26.7%

−26.7%

4K
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

7−8
+16.7%

6−7

−16.7%

This is how RX Vega M GL and GTX 870M compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

GTX 870M is 2.2% faster than RX Vega M GL

4K resolution:

GTX 870M is 5.6% faster than RX Vega M GL

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX Vega M GL is 26.7% faster than the GTX 870M.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 870M is 47.4% faster than the RX Vega M GL.

All in all, in popular games:

RX Vega M GL is ahead in 2 tests (67%)
GTX 870M is ahead in 1 test (33%)

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	9.35	8.90
Recency	1 February 2018	12 March 2014
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	100 Watt