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Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M
GPUBoss recommends the Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M based on its gaming, benchmarks and compute performance.
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Released January, 2014
Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M
- 1 GHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
6.4 Out of 10
by Tim-Verry (Jun, 2013)These chips are still based on Kepler (600-series), but feature more CUDA cores, more memory, a wider memory bus, and faster clockspeeds.
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Released March, 2014
Nvidia GeForce GTX 850M
- 902 MHz
- 2 GB DDR3
6.1 Out of 10
by Ray-Walters (Nov, 2011)As far as a processor upgrade, you can get great performance with an Intel Core i5-750 at 2.66 GHz, which costs $200.
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 860M vs 850M among Laptop GPUs over 35W TDP
Gaming | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more | |
Graphics | |
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| T-Rex, Manhattan, Sky Diver Factor and Fire Strike Factor | |
Computing | |
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| Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 31 more | |
Value | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 31 more | |
Noise and Power | |
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| TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more | |
| 6.4 | Overall Score |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Better 3DMark 11 graphics score | 23,220.5 | vs | 16,135 | Around 45% better 3DMark 11 graphics score | |||
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| Significantly higher effective memory clock speed | 5,012 MHz | vs | 2,002 MHz | More than 2.5x higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Higher clock speed | 1,020 MHz | vs | 902 MHz | Around 15% higher clock speed | |||
| Better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 18,276.5 | vs | 14,358.5 | More than 25% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
| Much higher diablo III framerate | 105.24 fps | vs | 61 fps | Around 75% higher diablo III framerate | |||
| Higher memory bandwidth | 80.2 GB/s | vs | 32 GB/s | More than 2.5x higher memory bandwidth | |||
| Slightly better PassMark score | 1,719 | vs | 1,499 | Around 15% better PassMark score | |||
| Significantly better T-Rex score | 3,359.92 | vs | 2,606.42 | Around 30% better T-Rex score | |||
| Significantly higher crysis 3 framerate | 18.75 fps | vs | 14 fps | Around 35% higher crysis 3 framerate | |||
| Higher turbo clock speed | 1,085 MHz | vs | 936 MHz | More than 15% higher turbo clock speed | |||
| Higher memory clock speed | 1,253 MHz | vs | 1,001 MHz | More than 25% higher memory clock speed | |||
| Higher BioShock infinite framerate | 41.57 fps | vs | 28.4 fps | More than 45% higher BioShock infinite framerate | |||
| Higher metro: last light framerate | 27.85 | vs | 21.85 | More than 25% higher metro: last light framerate | |||
| Better PassMark direct compute score | 1,593 | vs | 1,215 | More than 30% better PassMark direct compute score | |||
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| Lower TDP | 45W | vs | 75W | 40% lower TDP | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of GeForce GTX 860M vs 850M
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
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