NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M vs AMD Radeon HD 6870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M and AMD Radeon HD 6870 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

AMD Radeon HD 6870

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 915 MHz vs 900 MHz
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 151 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3072 vs 2208
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10427 vs 4950
Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 22.828 vs 16.41
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.427 vs 1.346
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4938 vs 4238
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4938 vs 4238

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2014 vs 21 October 2010
Boost clock speed	915 MHz vs 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 151 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3072 vs 2208
Geekbench - OpenCL	10427 vs 4950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.828 vs 16.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.427 vs 1.346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4938 vs 4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4938 vs 4238

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870

Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Around 75% higher pipelines: 1120 vs 640
Around 45% better floating-point performance: 2,016.0 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 226
4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 857.798 vs 210.585
Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 45.514 vs 28.662
Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 184.41 vs 162.83
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 3684
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 3684

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1120 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2,016.0 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	416 vs 226
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	857.798 vs 210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	45.514 vs 28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	184.41 vs 162.83
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711 vs 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711 vs 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3072

2208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

226

416

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10427

4950

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

22.828

16.41

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

210.585

857.798

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.427

1.346

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.662

45.514

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

162.83

184.41

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4938

4238

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3684

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4938

4238

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3684

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3349

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M	AMD Radeon HD 6870
PassMark - G3D Mark	3072	2208
PassMark - G2D Mark	226	416
Geekbench - OpenCL	10427	4950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.828	16.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	210.585	857.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.427	1.346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.662	45.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	162.83	184.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4938	4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4938	4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1151	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M	AMD Radeon HD 6870
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK104	Barts
Launch date	10 March 2014	21 October 2010
Place in performance rating	853	812
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$239
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		38.38
Technical info
Boost clock speed	915 MHz	900 MHz
Core clock speed	797 MHz
CUDA cores	1152 or 640
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops	2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	1120
Texture fill rate	43.4 GTexel / s	50.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	151 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-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
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0	PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		220 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
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	0
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		1050 MHz
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
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire