NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.2x more texture fill rate: 43.4 GTexel / s vs 19.7 billion / sec
2.2x more pipelines: 640 vs 288
2.3x better floating-point performance: 1,389 gflops vs 616.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1536 MB
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3026 vs 1953
5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 732
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 1112
5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 732
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 1112

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2014 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	43.4 GTexel / s vs 19.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	640 vs 288
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops vs 616.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1536 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3026 vs 1953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684 vs 732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340 vs 1112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684 vs 732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 1112

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 797 MHz
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 225

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 797 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	413 vs 225

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3026

1953

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

225

413

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3684

732

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

1112

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3684

732

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

1112

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3026	1953
PassMark - G2D Mark	225	413
Geekbench - OpenCL	10018
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684	732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	1112
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684	732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	1112
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1151

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi
Code name	GK104	GF104
Launch date	10 March 2014	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	899	900
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	915 MHz
Core clock speed	797 MHz	1100 MHz
CUDA cores	1152 or 640
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops	616.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	288
Texture fill rate	43.4 GTexel / s	19.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	1,950 million
Video outputs and ports
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors	No outputs	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	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12 API
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB / s	60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		1250 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
3D Vision