AMD Baffin
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
AMD Baffin
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

not rated
Place in performance rating
297
GCN 4.0
Architecture
Kepler
Baffin
Code name
GK104
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
$78
Price now
$1544
4.0
GCN generation
no data
no data
Value for money
0.97
Baffin
GPU code name
N15E-GX-A2
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1024
Pipelines
1536
855 MHz
Core clock speed
954 MHz
1200 MHz
Boost Clock
993 MHz
3,000 million
Transistor count
3,540 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
80 W
Power consumption (TDP)
122 Watt
Texture fill rate
127.1
Floating-point performance
3,050 gflops
CUDA cores
1536
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
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Boost clock speed
993 MHz
3,000 million
Number of transistors
3,540 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
122 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M.

Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
None
Laptop size
large
SLI options
+
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M can be seen in this section.

Memory type
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
Memory bandwidth
160.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
Standard memory configuration
GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M, the size and number of monitors.

Display Connectors
No outputs
HDMI
+
VGA аnalog display support
Up to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support
Up to 3840x2160
LVDS signal support
Up to 1920x1200
HDCP content protection
+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M is the additional functionality.

GPU Boost
+
CUDA
+
GeForce Experience
+
Optimus
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
BatteryBoost
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
FXAA
+
TXAA
+
3D Blu-Ray
+
Direct Compute
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
Vulkan
1.1.126
Shader Model
5.1
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Baffin or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Baffin

Cheaper ($78 vs $1544)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (80 W vs 122 Watt)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M

16.44% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1536 vs 1024)

So, AMD Baffin or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M .

AMD Baffin versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M performance benchmarks comparison

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