Radeon R7 (Kaveri) and GeForce 8700M GT SLI - video card comparison

Radeon R7 (Kaveri)

GeForce 8700M GT SLI

Architecture

GCN 1.1 (2014)

G8x (2007−2008)

GPU code name

Kaveri

NB8E-SE

Market segment

Laptop

Laptop

Release date

June 2014

September 2007

Boost clock speed

686 MHz

-

Core clock speed

553 MHz

625 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

28 nm

80 nm

Number of transistors

2410 Million

578 Million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

512

64

Power consumption (TDP)

-

58 Watt

Memory type

-

GDDR3

Maximum RAM amount

-

1 GB

Memory bus width

64/128 Bit

128 Bit

Memory clock speed

-

800 MHz

Shared memory

+

-

DirectX

12 (FL 12_0)

10