AMD Radeon Vega 11 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 11 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, Memory, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 11

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 915 MHz
  • Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 57.2 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 10% higher pipelines: 704 vs 640
  • Around 32% better floating-point performance: 1,830 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 485 vs 226
  • Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13288 vs 10362
  • Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 41.582 vs 22.828
  • Around 77% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 371.843 vs 210.585
  • Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.449 vs 28.662
  • Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 248.838 vs 162.83
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2018 vs 10 March 2014
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 915 MHz
Texture fill rate 57.2 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 704 vs 640
Floating-point performance 1,830 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 485 vs 226
Geekbench - OpenCL 13288 vs 10362
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 41.582 vs 22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 371.843 vs 210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.449 vs 28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 248.838 vs 162.83
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

  • 2.7x more core clock speed: 797 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3048 vs 1838
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.427 vs 3.156
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4938 vs 2156
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 2475
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4938 vs 2156
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 2475
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 797 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3048 vs 1838
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.427 vs 3.156
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4938 vs 2156
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 vs 2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4938 vs 2156
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 vs 2475

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 11
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1838
3048
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
485
226
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
13288
10362
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
41.582
22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
371.843
210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.156
3.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.449
28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
248.838
162.83
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2156
4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2475
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2156
4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2475
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
3340
Name AMD Radeon Vega 11 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1838 3048
PassMark - G2D Mark 485 226
Geekbench - OpenCL 13288 10362
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 41.582 22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 371.843 210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.156 3.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.449 28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 248.838 162.83
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2156 4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2475 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2156 4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2475 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 1151

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 11 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Kepler
Code name Owl GK104
Launch date 13 February 2018 10 March 2014
Place in performance rating 903 906
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 915 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 797 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,830 gflops 1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 704 640
Texture fill rate 57.2 GTexel / s 43.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 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 IGP PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

Memory

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5

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