AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 797 MHz
Around 39% higher boost clock speed: 1275 MHz vs 915 MHz
1880.2x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 59% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1826 vs 1151
Around 97% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20572 vs 10427
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 383 vs 226
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3168 vs 3072

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 10 March 2014
Core clock speed	1175 MHz vs 797 MHz
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz vs 915 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1826 vs 1151
Geekbench - OpenCL	20572 vs 10427
PassMark - G2D Mark	383 vs 226
PassMark - G3D Mark	3168 vs 3072

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

534.2x better floating-point performance: 1,389 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1826

1151

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

20572

10427

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

383

226

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3168

3072

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1826	1151
Geekbench - OpenCL	20572	10427
PassMark - G2D Mark	383	226
PassMark - G3D Mark	3168	3072
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3340

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Kepler
Code name	Baffin	GK104
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	10 March 2014
Place in performance rating	486	853
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz	915 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	797 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	640
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	43.4 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1152 or 640
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	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	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
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