NVIDIA GeForce 845M vs AMD Radeon E8860

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 845M and AMD Radeon E8860 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce 845M

AMD Radeon E8860

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 845M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 86% higher core clock speed: 1071 MHz vs 575 MHz
Around 88% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 27.62 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
Around 10% better floating-point performance: 883.7 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 37 Watt
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 22.387 vs 15.803
Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 76.073 vs 47.86
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2320 vs 1246
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3287 vs 1655
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2320 vs 1246
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3287 vs 1655

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 August 2015 vs 25 January 2014
Core clock speed	1071 MHz vs 575 MHz
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	27.62 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	883.7 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 37 Watt
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	22.387 vs 15.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	76.073 vs 47.86
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2320 vs 1246
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3287 vs 1655
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2320 vs 1246
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3287 vs 1655

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8860

Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1686 vs 1524
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 436 vs 213
4.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26300 vs 6112
Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.683 vs 1.295
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4345 vs 3358
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4345 vs 3358

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1686 vs 1524
PassMark - G2D Mark	436 vs 213
Geekbench - OpenCL	26300 vs 6112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.683 vs 1.295
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4345 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4345 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 845M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8860

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1524

1686

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

213

436

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6112

26300

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.295

1.683

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

22.387

15.803

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

76.073

47.86

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2320

1246

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3287

1655

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

4345

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2320

1246

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3287

1655

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

4345

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 845M	AMD Radeon E8860
PassMark - G3D Mark	1524	1686
PassMark - G2D Mark	213	436
Geekbench - OpenCL	6112	26300
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.295	1.683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	22.387	15.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	76.073	47.86
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2320	1246
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3287	1655
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	4345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2320	1246
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3287	1655
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	4345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		20.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		529.248

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 845M	AMD Radeon E8860
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM108	Venus
Launch date	26 August 2015	25 January 2014
Place in performance rating	1029	1031
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz	625 MHz
Core clock speed	1071 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	883.7 gflops	800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	640
Texture fill rate	27.62 GTexel / s	25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	37 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus