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    Radeon HD 8870M vs Radeon RX Vega M GH

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 8870M and Radeon RX Vega M GH. 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 Radeon HD 8870M and Radeon RX Vega M GH. 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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    Radeon HD 8870M and Radeon RX Vega M GH are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon HD 8870M and Radeon RX Vega M GH 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 Radeon HD 8870M or Radeon RX Vega M GH here:

    Radeon HD 8870M Laptops
    Radeon RX Vega M GH Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 8870M Radeon RX Vega M GH
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 IGP
    Memory type GDDR5, DDR3 HBM2
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 8870M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX Vega M GH uses IGP interface.
    • Radeon RX Vega M GH has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 8870M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 8870M is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon RX Vega M GH - with Vega.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX Vega M GH is 338 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8870M.
    • Radeon HD 8870M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega M GH - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8870M is 2900 MHz higher, than Radeon RX Vega M GH.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 7−8 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 4−5 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 18−20 60−65
    medium / 1080p 9−10 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega M GH in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than Radeon HD 8870M.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 8870M Radeon RX Vega M GH
    Architecture GCN Vega
    Code name Venus Vega Kaby Lake-G
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 18 December 2012 7 January 2018
    Pipelines 640 1536
    Core clock speed 725 MHz 1063 MHz
    Boost Clock 775 MHz 1190 MHz
    Transistor count 1,500 million 5,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 31.00 114.2
    Floating-point performance 992.0 gflops 3,656 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 1024 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 1600 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 204.8 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.4
    OpenGL 4.6 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 107 Mh/s
    Laptop size large medium sized
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