AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
372
0.03
Value for money (0-100)
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GCN 1.4
Architecture
Maxwell
Vega 10
Code name
GM107
Desktop
Type
Laptop
27 June 2017
Release date
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
$1,499
Launch price (MSRP)
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$1030
Price now
$875
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Value for money
1.01
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GPU code name
N15P-GX
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Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

4096
Pipelines
640
1500 MHz
Core clock speed
797 MHz
1600 MHz
Boost Clock
1085 MHz
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Transistor count
1,870 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
375 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
409.6
Texture fill rate
43.40
13,107 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,389 gflops
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CUDA cores
1152 or 640
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
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Boost clock speed
915 MHz
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Number of transistors
1,870 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
267 mm
Length
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2x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
medium sized
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SLI options
+
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Bus support
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0

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 Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M can be seen in this section.

HBM2
Memory type
GDDR5
16 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2048 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1886 MHz
Memory clock speed
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482.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
80.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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Standard memory configuration
GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
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HDMI
+
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VGA аnalog display support
Up to 2048x1536
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DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
Up to 3840x2160
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eDP 1.2 signal support
Up to 3840x2160
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LVDS signal support
Up to 1920x1200
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HDCP content protection
+
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7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
+
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TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 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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Ansel
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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BatteryBoost
+
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H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
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FXAA
+
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TXAA
+
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Adaptive VSync
+
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3D Blu-Ray
+
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Direct Compute
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

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DirectX
12 (11_0)
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OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
1.1.126
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 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 Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
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 Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid

More pipelines (4096 vs 640)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (16 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (482.8 GB/s vs 80.0 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

14.96% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($875 vs $1030)

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 375 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M?

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

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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