GeForce 800M vs Radeon HD 8770M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 8770M and GeForce 800M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 8770M
2013
2 GB GDDR5
2.99
+153%

HD 8770M outperforms 800M by a whopping 153% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking7731058
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data5.44
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameMarsGF117
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 April 2013 (11 years ago)17 March 2014 (10 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 cores38448
Core clock speed775 MHz738 MHz
Boost clock speed825 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate19.805.904
Floating-point processing power0.6336 TFLOPS0.1417 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs248

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s14.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boostno data2.0
Optimus-+
GameWorks-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-2.1

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD54
+157%
21−24
−157%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+167%
6−7
−167%
Hitman 3 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+175%
8−9
−175%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+179%
14−16
−179%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+167%
6−7
−167%
Hitman 3 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+175%
8−9
−175%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+179%
14−16
−179%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+167%
6−7
−167%
Hitman 3 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+175%
8−9
−175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+179%
14−16
−179%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Hitman 3 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+157%
7−8
−157%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

This is how HD 8770M and GeForce 800M compete in popular games:

  • HD 8770M is 157% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.99 1.18
Recency 1 April 2013 17 March 2014
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB

HD 8770M has a 153.4% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GeForce 800M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months.

The Radeon HD 8770M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 800M in performance tests.


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