AMD Bonaire
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
AMD Bonaire
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Bonaire and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
257
GCN 2.0
Architecture
Maxwell
Bonaire
Code name
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Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
$15.74
Price now
$489
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Value for money
4.54
Bonaire
GPU code name
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Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Bonaire and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

896
Pipelines
1280
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Core clock speed
1029 MHz
2,080 million
Transistor count
2x 1870 Million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
896
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
2,080 million
Number of transistors
2x 1870 Million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Bonaire and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI.

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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Bonaire and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
2x 4 GB
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Memory bus width
2x 128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
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Shared memory
-

Technologies

The difference between AMD Bonaire and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI is the additional functionality.

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GPU Boost
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CUDA
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GeForce Experience
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Optimus
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GeForce ShadowPlay
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BatteryBoost
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Bonaire and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
4.6
OpenGL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Bonaire and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Bonaire or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Bonaire
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Bonaire
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Bonaire
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Bonaire
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Bonaire
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Bonaire

Cheaper ($15.74 vs $489)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI

25.5% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 896)

So, AMD Bonaire or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI .

AMD Bonaire versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Bonaire
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