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    GeForce GTX 870M vs Radeon RX 5500M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 870M and Radeon RX 5500M. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 870M and Radeon RX 5500M. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    GeForce GTX 870M and Radeon RX 5500M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 870M and Radeon RX 5500M 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 RX 5500M here:

    GeForce GTX 870M Laptops
    Radeon RX 5500M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 870M Radeon RX 5500M
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 85 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 4.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
    Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 870M has 17% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 5500M.
    • GeForce GTX 870M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon RX 5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 870M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 5500M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 870M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon RX 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 386 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 870M.
    • GeForce GTX 870M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 21−24
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 12−14
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 7−8
    4K / 2160p − 5−6
    low / 720p 35−40 40−45
    medium / 1080p 21−24 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 22% more, than GeForce GTX 870M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 870M Radeon RX 5500M
    Architecture Kepler Navi / RDNA
    Code name N15P-GT Navi 14 / R19M-E85
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2014 29 September 2019
    Pipelines 1344 1408
    Core clock speed 941 MHz 1327 MHz
    Boost Clock 967 MHz 1645 MHz
    Transistor count 3,540 million 6,400 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
    Texture fill rate 108.3 144.8
    Floating-point performance 2,599 gflops
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 14000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.5
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 2.0
    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 medium sized
    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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