AMD Radeon R9 M375X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M375X 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 R9 M375X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M375X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 797 MHz
Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1015 MHz vs 915 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 310 vs 225

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 10 March 2014
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 797 MHz
Boost clock speed	1015 MHz vs 915 MHz
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	310 vs 225

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 43.4 GTexel / s vs 40.6 GTexel / s
Around 7% better floating-point performance: 1,389 gflops vs 1,299 gflops
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3026 vs 1728
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4938 vs 3548
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4938 vs 3548
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10008 vs 9124
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 1333
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 1333
Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 2185
Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 2185

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	43.4 GTexel / s vs 40.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops vs 1,299 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3026 vs 1728
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4938 vs 3548
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4938 vs 3548
Geekbench - OpenCL	10008 vs 9124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684 vs 1333
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684 vs 1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340 vs 2185
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 2185

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M375X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1728

3026

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

310

225

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3548

4938

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3548

4938

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9124

10008

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1333

3684

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1333

3684

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2185

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2185

3340

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M375X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1728	3026
PassMark - G2D Mark	310	225
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3548	4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3548	4938
Geekbench - OpenCL	9124	10008
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1333	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1333	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2185	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2185	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)		3.416
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 R9 M375X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kepler
Code name	Tropo	GK104
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	10 March 2014
Place in performance rating	897	899
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1015 MHz	915 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	925 MHz	797 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,299 gflops	1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	640
Texture fill rate	40.6 GTexel / s	43.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1152 or 640
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
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
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed	1.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
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