NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M vs AMD Radeon HD 6790
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M and AMD Radeon HD 6790 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 - 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 43.4 GTexel / s vs 33.6 GTexel / s
- Around 3% better floating-point performance: 1,389 gflops vs 1,344.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- 2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
- Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3072 vs 1552
- Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 22.828 vs 12.318
- 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.427 vs 1.234
- Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 162.83 vs 121.423
- Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4938 vs 3127
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 3534
- Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4938 vs 3127
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 3534
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 10 March 2014 vs 4 April 2011 |
| Texture fill rate | 43.4 GTexel / s vs 33.6 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 1,389 gflops vs 1,344.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt vs 150 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 1 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3072 vs 1552 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 22.828 vs 12.318 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.427 vs 1.234 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 162.83 vs 121.423 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4938 vs 3127 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3684 vs 3534 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4938 vs 3127 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3684 vs 3534 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6790
- Around 5% higher core clock speed: 840 MHz vs 797 MHz
- Around 25% higher pipelines: 800 vs 640
- Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 367 vs 226
- 3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 750.421 vs 210.585
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 840 MHz vs 797 MHz |
| Pipelines | 800 vs 640 |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 367 vs 226 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 750.421 vs 210.585 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 28.768 vs 28.662 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 vs 3340 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 vs 3340 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6790
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M | AMD Radeon HD 6790 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3072 | 1552 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 226 | 367 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 10427 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 22.828 | 12.318 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 210.585 | 750.421 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.427 | 1.234 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 28.662 | 28.768 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 162.83 | 121.423 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4938 | 3127 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3684 | 3534 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3340 | 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4938 | 3127 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3684 | 3534 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3340 | 3350 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1151 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M | AMD Radeon HD 6790 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Kepler | TeraScale 2 |
| Code name | GK104 | Barts |
| Launch date | 10 March 2014 | 4 April 2011 |
| Place in performance rating | 853 | 856 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $149 | |
| Price now | $64.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 39.40 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 915 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 797 MHz | 840 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1152 or 640 | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,389 gflops | 1,344.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 640 | 800 |
| Texture fill rate | 43.4 GTexel / s | 33.6 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,540 million | 1,700 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | ||
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| 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 |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 6-pin |
| Length | 198 mm | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 80.0 GB / s | 134.4 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
| Standard memory configuration | GDDR5 | |
| Memory clock speed | 4200 MHz | |
Technologies |
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| 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 | ||
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