NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
VS
AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
VS
AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI and AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
244
Maxwell
Architecture
Polaris
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Code name
Polaris 21
Laptop
Type
Laptop
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
5 January 2017 (4 years ago)
$489
Price now
$520
4.54
Value for money
9.97
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GPU code name
Polaris 11
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI and AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
1024
1029 MHz
Core clock speed
1172 MHz
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Boost Clock
1202 MHz
2x 1870 Million
Transistor count
3,000 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
65 Watt
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Texture fill rate
81.60
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Floating-point performance
2,611 gflops
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
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Boost clock speed
1275 MHz
2x 1870 Million
Number of transistors
3,000 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
65 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI and AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile.

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Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
large
Laptop size
large
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SLI options
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI and AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2x 4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2x 128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
92.8 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI and AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI and AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile 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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FreeSync
+
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BatteryBoost
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DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI and AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
DirectX
12 (12_0)
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OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
1.2.131
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Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI and AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI or AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI

1.06% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($489 vs $520)

More pipelines (1280 vs 1024)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (65 Watt vs 120 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2x 4 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI or AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI versus AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

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