NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

348
Place in performance rating
95
no data
Value for money (0-100)
35.43
Kepler
Architecture
Turing
GK104
Code name
TU106B
Laptop
Type
Laptop
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
6 January 2019 (2 years ago)
$403
Price now
$1758
2.59
Value for money
5.89
N15P-GT
GPU code name
N18E-G2 TU106
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1344
Pipelines
2304
941 MHz
Core clock speed
1215 MHz
967 MHz
Boost Clock
1485 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
10,800 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
115 Watt
108.3
Texture fill rate
213.8
2,599 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1344
CUDA cores
no data
1344
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
967 MHz
Boost clock speed
1440 MHz
3,540 million
Number of transistors
10,800 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
115 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
None
Supplementary power connectors
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large
Laptop size
large
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
120.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-
GDDR5
Standard memory configuration
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile, the size and number of monitors.

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

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
+
no data
Multi Monitor
+
+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
7.5
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
BatteryBoost
no data
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data
+
Direct Compute
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.2.131
5.1
Shader Model
6.5
1.1
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 131 100 85 67 51 29
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 152.65 125.5 114.8 112.5 78.8 42.6
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 206 166 147 113.5 87 50
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 237.25 175.95 119 85.8 59.9 31.6
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 238.3 169.5 157 154 104 54.7
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Cheaper ($403 vs $1758)

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 115 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

41.33% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2304 vs 1344)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 6 GB)

More memory bandwidth (448.0 GB/s vs 120.0 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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