AMD Radeon Sky 500
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI
AMD Radeon Sky 500
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon Sky 500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

266
Place in performance rating
162
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Kepler
Pitcairn
Code name
N15E-GX-A2
Desktop
Type
Laptop
27 March 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
$129
Price now
$3098
15.67
Value for money
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Pitcairn
GPU code name
N15E-GX-A2
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon Sky 500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
3072
950 MHz
Core clock speed
954 MHz
2,800 million
Transistor count
2x 3540 Million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
206 Watt
76.00
Texture fill rate
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2,432 gflops
Floating-point performance
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1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3072
2,800 million
Number of transistors
2x 3540 Million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
206 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon Sky 500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
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242 mm
Length
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1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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full height / full length
Form factor
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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 Radeon Sky 500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2x 8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
2x 256 Bit
4800 MHz
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
154 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon Sky 500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI, the size and number of monitors.

1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
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1
Dual-link DVI support
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1
DisplayPort count
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon Sky 500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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CUDA
+
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Optimus
+
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Verde Drivers
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon Sky 500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
4.6
OpenGL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon Sky 500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI 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 Radeon Sky 500 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon Sky 500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon Sky 500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon Sky 500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon Sky 500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon Sky 500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI
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 Radeon Sky 500

Cheaper ($129 vs $3098)

Less power consumption (150 Watt vs 206 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2x 8 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI

19.93% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (3072 vs 1280)

So, AMD Radeon Sky 500 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI?

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

AMD Radeon Sky 500 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon Sky 500
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