NVIDIA GeForce MX150 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX150 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 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 MX150

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 937 MHz vs 797 MHz
  • Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 915 MHz
  • Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 46.98 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 7.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 45.905 vs 22.828
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 495.238 vs 210.585
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 38.965 vs 28.662
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3684
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3684
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 May 2017 vs 10 March 2014
Core clock speed 937 MHz vs 797 MHz
Boost clock speed 1038 MHz vs 915 MHz
Texture fill rate 46.98 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 45.905 vs 22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 495.238 vs 210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.965 vs 28.662
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 vs 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 vs 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
  • Around 23% better floating-point performance: 1,389 gflops vs 1,127 gflops
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3072 vs 2259
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 226 vs 213
  • Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10427 vs 9584
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.427 vs 2.365
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 162.83 vs 145.794
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4938 vs 4330
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4938 vs 4330
  • Around 15% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1151 vs 999
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 640 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,389 gflops vs 1,127 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3072 vs 2259
PassMark - G2D Mark 226 vs 213
Geekbench - OpenCL 10427 vs 9584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.427 vs 2.365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 162.83 vs 145.794
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4938 vs 4330
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4938 vs 4330
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1151 vs 999

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX150
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2259
3072
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
213
226
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9584
10427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
45.905
22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
495.238
210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.365
3.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
38.965
28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
145.794
162.83
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4330
4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4330
4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
999
1151
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX150 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2259 3072
PassMark - G2D Mark 213 226
Geekbench - OpenCL 9584 10427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 45.905 22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 495.238 210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.365 3.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.965 28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 145.794 162.83
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4330 4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4330 4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 999 1151

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX150 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Kepler
Code name GP108 GK104
Launch date 17 May 2017 10 March 2014
Place in performance rating 875 853
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1038 MHz 915 MHz
Core clock speed 937 MHz 797 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,127 gflops 1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 640
Texture fill rate 46.98 GTexel / s 43.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 million 3,540 million
CUDA cores 1152 or 640

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
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

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 48.06 GB / s 80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5

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