NVS 810 vs Radeon HD 8870M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing NVS 810 and Radeon HD 8870M. 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 NVS 810 and Radeon HD 8870M. 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.

Radeon HD 8870M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 8870M 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 8870M here:

Main Specs

  NVS 810 Radeon HD 8870M
Power consumption (TDP) 68 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5, DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 8x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • NVS 810 and Radeon HD 8870M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • NVS 810 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 8870M - in Laptops.
  • NVS 810 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 8870M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of NVS 810 is 177 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8870M.
  • NVS 810 and Radeon HD 8870M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8870M is 2700 MHz higher, than NVS 810.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 7−8
ultra / 1080p 1−2 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 18−20
medium / 1080p 4−5 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8870M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than NVS 810.

Full Specs

  NVS 810 Radeon HD 8870M
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM107 Venus
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 4 November 2015 18 December 2012
Pipelines 512 640
Core clock speed 902 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 1033 MHz 775 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 33.06 31.00
Floating-point performance 2x 1,058 gflops 992.0 gflops
Length 198 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 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) 107 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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