GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
CORE STATE
GK104
VRAM
3 GB
CLOCK SPEED
967 MHz
TDP
100 W
BUS WIDTH
192 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Kepler
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2014
VS
GEFORCE
GeForce GTX 965M
CORE STATE
GM204
VRAM
2 GB
CLOCK SPEED
950 MHz
TDP
—
BUS WIDTH
128 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Maxwell 2.0
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2015
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
geekbench_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 870M
GTX 965M
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,344
1,024
-23.8%
Shaders
1,344
1,024
-23.8%
TMUs
112
64
-42.9%
ROPs
24
32
+33.3%
Clocks
Base Clock
941 MHz
924 MHz
Boost Clock
967 MHz
950 MHz
Memory Clock
1250 MHz
5 Gbps effective
1253 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
3 GB
2 GB
VRAM (MB)
3,072
2,048
-33.3%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
192 bit
128 bit
Bandwidth
120.0 GB/s
80.19 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
16 KB (per SMX)
48 KB (per SMM)
L2 Cache
384 KB
1024 KB
Performance
Pixel Rate
27.08 GPixel/s
30.40 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
108.3 GTexel/s
60.80 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
2.599 TFLOPS
1.946 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
108.3 GFLOPS (1:24)
60.80 GFLOPS (1:32)
Power
TDP
100 W
—
TDP (W)
100
—
Power Connectors
None
None
Architecture
Architecture
Kepler
Maxwell 2.0
GPU Name
GK104
GM204
Generation
GeForce 800M
GeForce 900M
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
Transistors
3,540 million
5,200 million
Die Size
294 mm²
398 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
12.0M / mm²
13.1M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.2.175
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
3.0
5.2
Shader Model
6.5 (5.1)
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
MXM Module
MXM Module
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent
Portable Device Dependent
Bus Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
MXM-B (3.0)
Other
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 700M
GeForce 800M
Successor
GeForce 900M
GeForce 10 Mobile