NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M290X

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M  vs  AMD Radeon R9 M290X.

372
Place in performance rating
333
Maxwell
Architecture
GCN
GM107
Code name
Neptune
Laptop
Type
Laptop
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
7 January 2014 (7 years ago)
$875
Price now
$613
1.01
Value for money
1.68
N15P-GX
GPU code name
Neptune
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M  vs  AMD Radeon R9 M290X in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

640
Pipelines
1280
797 MHz
Core clock speed
850 MHz
1085 MHz
Boost Clock
900 MHz
1,870 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
43.40
Texture fill rate
72.00
1,389 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,304 gflops
1152 or 640
CUDA cores
no data
no data
Compute units
20
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
915 MHz
Boost clock speed
900 MHz
1,870 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M and AMD Radeon R9 M290X come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
medium sized
Laptop size
large
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SLI options
no data
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M vs AMD Radeon R9 M290X.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
1200 MHz
80.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-
GDDR5
Standard memory configuration
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M vs AMD Radeon R9 M290X.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
no data
Eyefinity
1
+
HDMI
no data
Up to 2048x1536
VGA аnalog display support
no data
Up to 3840x2160
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
no data
Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support
no data
Up to 1920x1200
LVDS signal support
no data
+
HDCP content protection
no data
+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
no data
+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
no data

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
Ansel
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
-
no data
FreeSync
1
no data
HD3D
+
no data
PowerTune
+
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
+
+
BatteryBoost
no data
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
no data
no data
Enduro
-
+
FXAA
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data
no data
DualGraphics
1
no data
Switchable graphics
1
+
Direct Compute
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M and AMD Radeon R9 M290X is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.5
OpenGL
4.4
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.1
OpenCL
Not Listed
no data
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M and AMD Radeon R9 M290X 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 or AMD Radeon R9 M290X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

0.07% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 100 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M290X

Cheaper ($613 vs $875)

More pipelines (1280 vs 640)

More memory bandwidth (153.6 GB/s vs 80.0 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M or AMD Radeon R9 M290X?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M versus AMD Radeon R9 M290X performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

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3DMark Fire Strike Score

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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Unigine Heaven 3.0

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SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

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SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

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SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

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SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

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SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

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SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

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SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

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Passmark

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User rating

4.2 Out of 59 Hitesti Score
3.0 Out of 2 Hitesti Score