GeForce GTX 870M vs Radeon R9 Fury

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 870M and Radeon R9 Fury. 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 R9 Fury. 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.

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:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 870M Radeon R9 Fury
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 275 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 Fury has 175% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 870M.
  • GeForce GTX 870M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 Fury uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 870M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 Fury.
  • GeForce GTX 870M is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 Fury - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 870M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon R9 Fury - with GCN 1.2.
  • GeForce GTX 870M and Radeon R9 Fury are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 50−55
ultra / 1080p 10−11 30−35
QHD / 1440p 4−5 27−30
4K / 2160p 14−16
low / 720p 35−40 75−80
medium / 1080p 21−24 60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 177% more, than GeForce GTX 870M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 870M Radeon R9 Fury
Architecture Kepler GCN 1.2
Code name N15P-GT Fiji
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 12 March 2014 16 June 2015
Pipelines 1344 3584
Core clock speed 941 MHz
Boost Clock 967 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 108.3 224.0
Floating-point performance 2,599 gflops 7,168 gflops
Memory bus width 192 Bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB/s 512 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA +
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 1344
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI + +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 82 Mh/s 800 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 +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Compute units 56
AppAcceleration +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
FRTC +
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