AMD Radeon Vega 9 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 9 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, 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 Vega 9

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 9

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 915 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 409 vs 225

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 Oct 2017 vs 10 March 2014
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz vs 915 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	409 vs 225

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Around 11% higher pipelines: 640 vs 576
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3028 vs 1591
Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10102 vs 9870
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4938 vs 2591
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4938 vs 2591
Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 1856
Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 1856
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 2482
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 2482

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	640 vs 576
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3028 vs 1591
Geekbench - OpenCL	10102 vs 9870
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4938 vs 2591
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4938 vs 2591
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684 vs 1856
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684 vs 1856
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340 vs 2482
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 2482

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 9
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

409

225

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1591

3028

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9870

10102

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2591

4938

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2591

4938

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1856

3684

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1856

3684

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2482

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2482

3340

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 9	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
PassMark - G2D Mark	409	225
PassMark - G3D Mark	1591	3028
Geekbench - OpenCL	9870	10102
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2591	4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2591	4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1856	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1856	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2482	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2482	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 Vega 9	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	Kepler
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	GK104
Launch date	26 Oct 2017	10 March 2014
Place in performance rating	811	898
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	915 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	576	640
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	4500 million	3,540 million
Core clock speed		797 MHz
CUDA cores		1152 or 640
Floating-point performance		1,389 gflops
Texture fill rate		43.4 GTexel / s
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL		1.1
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Shared memory	Yes	0
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Standard memory configuration		GDDR5
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
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