NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M470X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M470X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M and AMD Radeon R9 M470X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

297
Place in performance rating
342
Kepler
Architecture
GCN 2
GK104
Code name
Emerald
Laptop
Type
Laptop
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
14 May 2016 (5 years ago)
$1544
Price now
no data
0.97
Value for money
no data
N15E-GX-A2
GPU code name
Emerald
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M and AMD Radeon R9 M470X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
896
954 MHz
Core clock speed
1100 MHz
993 MHz
Boost Clock
1100 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
2,080 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
122 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
127.1
Texture fill rate
61.60
3,050 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,971 gflops
1536
CUDA cores
no data
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
993 MHz
Boost clock speed
1100 MHz
3,540 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million
122 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M and AMD Radeon R9 M470X.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
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 880M and AMD Radeon R9 M470X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
160.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-
GDDR5
Standard memory configuration
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M and AMD Radeon R9 M470X, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
HDMI
no data
Up to 2048x1536
VGA аnalog display support
no data
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
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M and AMD Radeon R9 M470X is the additional functionality.

+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
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
no data
DirectCompute 5.0
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M and AMD Radeon R9 M470X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M and AMD Radeon R9 M470X 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 880M or AMD Radeon R9 M470X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
AMD Radeon R9 M470X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
AMD Radeon R9 M470X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
AMD Radeon R9 M470X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
AMD Radeon R9 M470X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
AMD Radeon R9 M470X
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 880M

0.1% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1536 vs 896)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (160.0 GB/s vs 96 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M470X

There is no accountable advantage

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M or AMD Radeon R9 M470X?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M versus AMD Radeon R9 M470X performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 M470X