GeForce GTX 960A vs Radeon HD 8770M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 960A and Radeon HD 8770M, 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 960A stacks up against Radeon HD 8770M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 8770M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 8770M is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 Radeon HD 8770M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 960A Radeon HD 8770M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 960A is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 8770M uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 960A and Radeon HD 8770M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 960A is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 8770M - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 960A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 8770M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 960A is 254 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8770M.
  • GeForce GTX 960A and Radeon HD 8770M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 960A is 512 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8770M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 7−8
ultra / 1080p 7−8 4−5
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 16−18
medium / 1080p 14−16 8−9
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 960A in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Radeon HD 8770M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 960A Radeon HD 8770M
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM107 Mars
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 13 March 2015 16 November 2012
Pipelines 640 384
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 775 MHz
Boost Clock 1085 MHz 825 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 43.40 19.80
Floating-point performance 1,389 gflops 633.6 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80.19 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 5.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 180 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
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