GeForce GTX 870M vs Radeon HD 7850M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 870M and Radeon HD 7850M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 870M stacks up against Radeon HD 7850M, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 870M and Radeon HD 7850M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 870M and Radeon HD 7850M are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 870M or Radeon HD 7850M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 870M Radeon HD 7850M
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 40 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 870M has 150% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7850M.
  • GeForce GTX 870M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 7850M uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 870M has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7850M.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 870M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 7850M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 870M is 266 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7850M.
  • GeForce GTX 870M and Radeon HD 7850M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 6−7
ultra / 1080p 10−11 3−4
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 35−40 14−16
medium / 1080p 21−24 7−8
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 870M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 162% more, than Radeon HD 7850M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 870M Radeon HD 7850M
Architecture Kepler GCN
Code name N15P-GT Heathrow Pro
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 12 March 2014 24 April 2012
Pipelines 1344 640
Core clock speed 941 MHz 675 MHz
Boost Clock 967 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 108.3 27.00
Floating-point performance 2,599 gflops 864.0 gflops
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory - -
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 +
CUDA cores 1344
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 82 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
Standard memory configuration GDDR5
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection +
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI +
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
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