NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

348
Place in performance rating
9
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Value for money (0-100)
34.47
Kepler
Architecture
Turing
GK104
Code name
TU102
Laptop
Type
Desktop
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
27 August 2018 (3 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$999
$403
Price now
$1265 (1.3x MSRP)
2.59
Value for money
26.10
N15P-GT
GPU code name
Turing TU102
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1344
Pipelines
4352
941 MHz
Core clock speed
1350 MHz
967 MHz
Boost Clock
1545 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
18,600 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
108.3
Texture fill rate
420.2
2,599 gflops
Floating-point performance
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1344
CUDA cores
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1344
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4352
967 MHz
Boost clock speed
1545 MHz
3,540 million
Number of transistors
18,600 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 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 2080 Ti.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
267 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
large
Laptop size
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+
SLI options
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PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
11 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
352 Bit
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Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
120.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
616.0 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 2080 Ti, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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G-SYNC support
+
+
HDMI
+
Up to 2048x1536
VGA аnalog display support
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Up to 3840x2160
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
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Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support
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Up to 1920x1200
LVDS signal support
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+
HDCP content protection
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+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
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TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is the additional functionality.

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

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. 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
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 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 2080 Ti 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 2080 Ti 159 146 133 115 94 54
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 174 173 170 169 133 78.8
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 289 247 240 202 162 100
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 321 243 166 126 101 64.7
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 315 290 266 259 204 113
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 $1265 (1.3x MSRP))

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 250 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

83.85% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (4352 vs 1344)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (11 GB vs 6 GB)

More memory bandwidth (616.0 GB/s vs 120.0 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti