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    GeForce GTX 870M vs Radeon HD 7950

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 870M and Radeon HD 7950, 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 7950, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 870M is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: GeForce GTX 870M 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 GeForce GTX 870M here:

    GeForce GTX 870M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 870M Radeon HD 7950
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 200 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 3 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 7950 has 100% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 870M.
    • GeForce GTX 870M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 7950 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 870M has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7950.
    • GeForce GTX 870M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 7950 - in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 870M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
    • GeForce GTX 870M and Radeon HD 7950 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 35−40 60−65
    medium / 1080p 21−24 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than GeForce GTX 870M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 870M Radeon HD 7950
    Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
    Code name N15P-GT Tahiti
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 12 March 2014 31 January 2012
    Pipelines 1344 1792
    Core clock speed 941 MHz
    Boost Clock 967 MHz 1250 MHz
    Transistor count 3,540 million 4,313 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 108.3 89.60
    Floating-point performance 2,599 gflops 2,867 gflops
    Length 267 mm
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 384 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB/s 240 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.56 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 1344
    Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
    SLI options +
    HDMI + +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 82 Mh/s 381 Mh/s
    Laptop size 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 +
    Eyefinity +
    PowerTune +
    ZeroCore +
    Design reference
    Number of Eyefinity displays 6
    CrossFire +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.78 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 13.86 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 250 Sol/s
    Compute units 28
    AppAcceleration +
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