
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M is an upper mid-range, DirectX 12-compatible graphics card for laptops unveiled in March 2014. It is one of the first cards based on Nvidia's new Maxwell architecture (GM107 chip), but is still manufactured in 28 nm. The GTX 860M offers 640 shader units clocked at 1029 MHz (+ Boost) as well as 4 GB of GDDR5 memory (128 bit, 5000 MHz effective).
Alternatively, there is also a version based on the Kepler chip GK104, which has 1152 shader units clocked at 797 MHz.
Architecture
Compared to Kepler, Maxwell has been optimized in several details to increase power efficiency. Smaller Streaming Multiprocessors (SMM) with only 128 ALUs (Kepler: 192) and an optimized scheduler should lead to better utilization of the shaders. Nvidia promises that a Maxwell SMM with 128 ALUs can offer 90 percent of the performance of a Kepler SMX with 192 ALUs. GM107 features 5 SMMs and thus 640 shader cores, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs (128-bit interface).
Another optimization is the massively enlarged L2 cache (GM107: 2 MB). The increased size can handle some of the memory traffic to allow for a relatively narrow memory interface without significantly reducing the performance.
Similar to Fermi and Kepler, Maxwell / GM107 supports DirectX 11.2 with feature level 11.0 only.
Performance
Although the GTX 860M has much less memory bandwidth and computing power, it can compete with (or sometimes even beat) the old Kepler-based GeForce GTX 770M while drawing significantly less power. Many games of 2013/2014 (Tomb Raider or BioShock Infinite, etc.) can be played fluently in FullHD resolution and very high detail settings. However, very demanding games such as Crysis 3 or Battlefield 4 will require lower resolutions and/or details.
Despite its considerably higher shader count, the Kepler version is about 10 percent slower, mainly due to the worse bandwidth efficiency.
Features
GM107 integrates the sixth generation of the PureVideo HD video engine (VP6), offering a better decoding performance for H.264 and MPEG-2 videos. Of course, VP6 supports all features of previous generations (4K support, PIP, video encoding via NVENC API). Unfortunately, HDMI 2.0 is still not supported.
Power Consumption
The power consumption of the GeForce GTX 860M should be similar to the old GTX 765M (about 60 watts). The low-clocked Kepler version draws just slightly more power. Therefore, the 860M is best suited for 15-inch laptops or larger. The 800M series also supports Optimus to automatically switch between an integrated graphics card and the Nvidia GPU.
GeForce GTX 800M Series
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| Codename | N15P-GX | ||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | Maxwell | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 640 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 1029 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 5000 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 4 GB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | ||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Transistor Count | 1.9 Billion | ||||||||||||||||||
| Man. Technology | 28 nm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Features | Battery Boost, GameStream, ShadowPlay, GPU Boost 2.0, Optimus, PhysX, CUDA, SLI, GeForce Experience, Adaptive VSync, Ansel | ||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | medium sized | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 12.03.2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link to Manufacturer Page | www.geforce.com | ||||||||||||||||||
Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
specvp11 snx-01 +
specvp12 sw-03 +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Titanfall 2
2016
Farming Simulator 17
2016
Battlefield 1
2016
Mafia 3
2016
FIFA 17
2016
No Man's Sky
2016
Overwatch
2016
Doom
2016
Need for Speed 2016
2016
Hitman 2016
2016
The Division
2016
Far Cry Primal
2016
XCOM 2
2016
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
Just Cause 3
2015
Fallout 4
2015
Anno 2205
2015
FIFA 16
2015
Metal Gear Solid V
2015
Mad Max
2015
The Witcher 3
2015
Dirt Rally
2015
GTA V
2015
Battlefield Hardline
2015
Evolve
2015
The Crew
2014
Far Cry 4
2014
F1 2014
2014
The Evil Within
2014
Ryse: Son of Rome
2014
Alien: Isolation
2014
Fifa 15
2014
Sims 4
2014
Risen 3: Titan Lords
2014
GRID: Autosport
2014
Watch Dogs
2014
Titanfall
2014
Thief
2014
X-Plane 10.25
2013
Call of Duty: Ghosts
2013
Battlefield 4
2013
F1 2013
2013
Fifa 14
2013
Total War: Rome II
2013
Saints Row IV
2013
Company of Heroes 2
2013
Metro: Last Light
2013
BioShock Infinite
2013
Tomb Raider
2013
Crysis 3
2013
Dead Space 3
2013
Far Cry 3
2012
Assassin´s Creed III
2012
Hitman: Absolution
2012
Dishonored
2012
Guild Wars 2
2012
Sleeping Dogs
2012
Max Payne 3
2012
Dirt Showdown
2012
Diablo III
2012
Mass Effect 3
2012
Alan Wake
2012
Anno 2070
2011
Battlefield 3
2011
Batman: Arkham City
2011
Dirt 3
2011
Mafia 2
2010
Metro 2033
2010For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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