RTX A500 Embedded vs GeForce GTX 870M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking482not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.45no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK104GA107S
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date12 March 2014 (10 years ago)30 March 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores13442048
Core clock speed941 MHz435 MHz
Boost clock speed967 MHz1335 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate108.385.44
Floating-point processing power2.599 TFLOPS5.468 TFLOPS
ROPs2432
TMUs11264
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB4 GB
Standard memory configurationGDDR5no data
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 2500 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth120.0 GB/s96 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 March 2014 30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 20 Watt

RTX A500 Embedded has an age advantage of 8 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 870M and RTX A500 Embedded. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 870M is a notebook graphics card while RTX A500 Embedded is a mobile workstation one.


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