GeForce GTX 870M and GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 870M
GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
N15P-GT
GA107
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
March 2014
December 2021
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
967 MHz
1155 MHz
Core clock speed
941 MHz
-
CUDA cores
1344
-
Floating-point performance
2,599 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
3,540 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1344
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
30 Watt
Texture fill rate
108.3
73.92
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
Up to 2500 MHz
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
120.0 GB/s
96 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory configuration
GDDR5
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
eDP 1.2 signal support
Up to 3840x2160
-
LVDS signal support
Up to 1920x1200
-
VGA аnalog display support
Up to 2048x1536
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
Up to 3840x2160
-
HDCP content protection
+
-
HDMI
+
+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
1.1
3.0
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.7
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.3
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
+
-