NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

GeForce GTX 860M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 10 March 2014. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Kepler microarchitecture codenamed GK104.

Core clock speed - 797 MHz. Boost clock speed - 915 MHz. Texture fill rate - 43.4 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 640. Floating-point performance - 1,389 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 3,540 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 75 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory bandwidth - 80.0 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
3047
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
225
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
10305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
22.828 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
210.585 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
3.416 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
28.662 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
162.830 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
4938 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3684 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3340 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
4938.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3684.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3340.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
1151
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 3047
PassMark - G2D Mark 225
Geekbench - OpenCL 10305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 22.828 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 210.585 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 3.416 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 28.662 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 162.830 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 4938 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3684 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3340 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 4938.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3684.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3340.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1151

Games performance

Titanfall 2 (2016)

Low, 1280x72096.10
Medium, 1366x76868.40
High, 1920x108032.00
Ultra, 1920x108029.40
4K, 3840x21609.60

Farming Simulator 17 (2016)

Low, 1280x720185.00
Medium, 1366x768150.00
High, 1920x108072.00
Ultra, 1920x108042.00
4K, 3840x216021.60

Battlefield 1 (2016)

Low, 1280x720104.00
Medium, 1366x76866.70
High, 1920x108030.00
Ultra, 1920x108026.50
4K, 3840x216010.40

Mafia 3 (2016)

Low, 1280x72032.00
Medium, 1366x76821.10
High, 1920x108011.40

Deus Ex Mankind Divided (2016)

Low, 1280x72039.00
Medium, 1366x76825.50
High, 1920x108014.30
Ultra, 1920x10806.60

Mirror's Edge Catalyst (2016)

Low, 1280x72091.70
Medium, 1366x76857.60
High, 1920x108024.70
Ultra, 1920x108018.90

Overwatch (2016)

Low, 1280x720177.00
Medium, 1366x768117.00
High, 1920x108054.80
Ultra, 1920x108031.30
4K, 3840x216017.00

Doom (2016)

Low, 1280x72056.40
Medium, 1366x76847.40
High, 1920x108028.70
Ultra, 1920x108026.80

Hitman 2016 (2016)

Low, 1280x72055.30
Medium, 1366x76843.70
High, 1920x108016.90
Ultra, 1920x108016.00
4K, 3840x21607.40

The Division (2016)

Low, 1280x72065.00
Medium, 1366x76846.90
High, 1920x108022.20
Ultra, 1920x108015.70

Far Cry Primal (2016)

Low, 1280x72059.00
Medium, 1920x108029.00
High, 1920x108026.00
Ultra, 1920x108018.00
4K, 3840x21608.00

XCOM 2 (2016)

Low, 1280x72066.60
Medium, 1920x108024.60
High, 1920x108013.60
Ultra, 1920x10806.00

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Low, 1024x76857.00
Medium, 1366x76836.00
High, 1920x108022.00
Ultra, 1920x108019.60
4K, 3840x21607.90

Rainbow Six Siege (2015)

Low, 1024x768134.40
Medium, 1366x76886.20
High, 1920x108047.50
Ultra, 1920x108028.70
4K, 3840x216013.80

Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)

Low, 1024x76848.40
Medium, 1366x76836.80
High, 1920x108023.60
Ultra, 1920x10808.00
4K, 3840x21606.90

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

Low, 1024x768115.70
Medium, 1366x76867.80
High, 1920x108031.40
Ultra, 1920x108029.80
4K, 3840x21608.40

Fallout 4 (2015)

Low, 1280x72069.30
Medium, 1366x76843.60
High, 1920x108024.50
Ultra, 1920x108020.30
4K, 3840x21607.90

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x76861.90
Medium, 1366x76837.90
High, 1920x108024.20
Ultra, 1920x108016.50
4K, 3840x21605.80

Anno 2205 (2015)

Low, 1024x76878.80
Medium, 1366x76847.40
High, 1920x108020.90
Ultra, 1920x10804.90
4K, 3840x21607.90

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x76857.30
Medium, 1366x76835.90
High, 1920x108019.90
Ultra, 1920x108011.70

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768286.20
Medium, 1366x768111.80
High, 1920x108060.40
Ultra, 1920x108027.90
4K, 3840x216023.00

GTA V (2015)

Low, 1024x768117.10
Medium, 1366x768124.80
High, 1920x108036.40
Ultra, 1920x108014.60

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Low, 1024x76869.85
Medium, 1366x76850.65
High, 1920x108028.75
Ultra, 1920x108019.50

Far Cry 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x76870.40
Medium, 1366x76859.15
High, 1920x108029.15
Ultra, 1920x108022.85

Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)

Low, 1024x76840.95
Medium, 1366x76832.60
High, 1920x108019.75
Ultra, 1920x108010.25

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Low, 1024x76884.10
Medium, 1366x76856.35
High, 1920x108038.65
Ultra, 1920x108023.65

Alien: Isolation (2014)

Low, 1024x768127.85
Medium, 1366x76897.55
High, 1920x108054.55
Ultra, 1920x108040.10

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x72095.85
Medium, 1344x75661.55
High, 1920x108034.95
Ultra, 1920x108018.05

Sims 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768141.15
Medium, 1366x76877.00
High, 1920x108054.35
Ultra, 1920x108047.45

Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)

Low, 1280x72060.00
Medium, 1280x72060.00
High, 1920x108050.50
Ultra, 1920x108035.45

The Elder Scrolls Online (2014)

Low, 1024x76888.70
Medium, 1366x76881.45
High, 1366x76870.70
Ultra, 1920x108040.25

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76858.40
Medium, 1366x76850.40
High, 1366x76843.85
Ultra, 1920x108024.00

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Low, 1024x76894.75
Medium, 1366x76846.75
High, 1366x76826.90
Ultra, 1920x108017.20

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x768136.15
Medium, 1366x768102.00
High, 1366x76872.75
Ultra, 1920x108028.85

Total War: Rome II (2013)

High, 1366x768113.50
Ultra, 1920x108021.20

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76850.80
Medium, 1366x76852.02
High, 1366x76834.88
Ultra, 1920x108014.08

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76894.90
Medium, 1366x76888.60
High, 1366x76852.50
Ultra, 1920x108028.00

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720185.90
Medium, 1366x768123.15
High, 1366x768106.00
Ultra, 1920x108041.57

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Medium, 1366x768142.00
High, 1366x76897.00
Ultra, 1920x108052.00

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768307.35
Medium, 1366x768162.40
High, 1366x76897.00
Ultra, 1920x108044.55

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x768118.80
Medium, 1366x76876.40
High, 1366x76850.35
Ultra, 1920x108018.75

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76861.70
Medium, 1366x76856.80
High, 1366x76848.40
Ultra, 1920x108024.30

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768187.00
Medium, 1366x768152.40
High, 1366x768100.60
Ultra, 1920x108066.40

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Medium, 1366x76896.90
High, 1366x76891.60
Ultra, 1920x108048.40

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768307.90
Medium, 1366x768221.65
High, 1366x768189.10
Ultra, 1920x1080105.25

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x72060.00
High, 1366x76860.00
Ultra, 1920x108060.00

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

High, 1366x76884.50
Ultra, 1920x108049.60

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768153.20
Medium, 1366x768105.90
High, 1366x76885.30
Ultra, 1920x108035.80

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

High, 1366x768160.70
Ultra, 1920x108069.30

Metro 2033 (2010)

Medium, 1360x768161.45
High, 1600x90091.40
Ultra, 1920x108030.60

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Kepler
Code name GK104
Launch date 10 March 2014
Place in performance rating 904
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 915 MHz
Core clock speed 797 MHz
CUDA cores 1152 or 640
Floating-point performance 1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 640
Texture fill rate 43.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA