AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 338 vs 225

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 10 March 2014
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	338 vs 225
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 797 MHz vs 730 MHz
Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 915 MHz vs 780 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 43.4 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
2.3x better floating-point performance: 1,389 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3048 vs 935
Around 84% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10394 vs 5635
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4938 vs 1935
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4938 vs 1935
Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 2380
Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 2380

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	797 MHz vs 730 MHz
Boost clock speed	915 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate	43.4 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3048 vs 935
Geekbench - OpenCL	10394 vs 5635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4938 vs 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4938 vs 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684 vs 2380
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684 vs 2380

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

338

225

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

935

3048

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5635

10394

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1935

4938

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1935

4938

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2380

3684

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2380

3684

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3340

Name	AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
PassMark - G2D Mark	338	225
PassMark - G3D Mark	935	3048
Geekbench - OpenCL	5635	10394
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1935	4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1935	4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2380	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2380	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3340
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		162.83
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1151

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kepler
Code name	Oland	GK104
Launch date	5 May 2015	10 March 2014
Place in performance rating	898	900
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	780 MHz	915 MHz
Core clock speed	730 MHz	797 MHz
Floating-point performance	599.0 gflops	1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	640
Texture fill rate	18.72 GTexel / s	43.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1152 or 640
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
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
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	73.6 GB / s	80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	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