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.
| Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
| GeForce GTX 800M Series | |
| 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 | 4096 MB |
| Shared Memory | no |
| DirectX | DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 |
| Transistor Count | 1870 Million |
| 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 | http://www.geforce.com/hardware/notebook... |
Benchmarks
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
17.4 pt (18%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
215144 Points (34%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 72647 avg: 119949 median: 137981 (19%) max: 149220 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 8168 avg: 14786 median: 15323.5 (20%) max: 16389 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 21015 avg: 27115 median: 27960.5 (14%) max: 30150 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 2807 avg: 3579 median: 3661 (9%) max: 3907 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 3056 avg: 3854 median: 3904 (8%) max: 4199 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 46010 avg: 151571 median: 163330 (22%) max: 199233 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB -4%
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 4111 avg: 5126 median: 5134 (13%) max: 5545 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 -3%
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 4453 avg: 4913 median: 4902 (8%) max: 5305 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 2%
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3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 13249 avg: 18516 median: 19215.5 (19%) max: 20492 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 -5%
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3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 16029 avg: 18067 median: 18276.5 (17%) max: 19732 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti -2%
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +min: 20419 avg: 23002 median: 23220.5 (43%) max: 25147 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 -1%
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Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
min: 44.4 avg: 48.8 median: 49.5 (16%) max: 53.9 fps
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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
min: 58.4 avg: 68.9 median: 70 (13%) max: 75.2 fps
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SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
5.5 fps (4%)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 5%
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specvp11 tcvis-02 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
1.3 fps (2%)
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specvp11 sw-02 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
13.2 fps (16%)
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specvp11 proe-05 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
1.3 fps (5%)
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specvp11 maya-03 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
15.1 fps (11%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 -90%
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specvp11 lightwave-01 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
15.3 fps (16%)
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specvp11 ensight-04 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
37.1 fps (18%)
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specvp11 catia-03 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
14.6 fps (18%)
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SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
min: 4.6 avg: 12.7 median: 11.7 (5%) max: 21.63 fps
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specvp12 snx-02 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
min: 1.34 avg: 1.8 median: 1.8 (1%) max: 2.29 fps
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specvp12 showcase-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
min: 9.86 avg: 16.1 median: 17.2 (7%) max: 20.46 fps
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specvp12 mediacal-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
min: 1.35 avg: 7.5 median: 6.5 (6%) max: 14.88 fps
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specvp12 maya-04 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
min: 11.62 avg: 22.6 median: 23.2 (10%) max: 30.55 fps
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specvp12 energy-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
min: 0.63 avg: 9.2 median: 8.7 (30%) max: 19.27 fps
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specvp12 creo-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
min: 11 avg: 23.7 median: 23.2 (13%) max: 37.44 fps
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specvp12 catia-04 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
min: 12.23 avg: 15 median: 15.2 (6%) max: 16.69 fps
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Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 6078 avg: 6644 median: 6718 (32%) max: 6800 points
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ATI Radeon HD 5850 -1%
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Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 1.47 avg: 54 median: 57.6 (25%) max: 61.49 fps
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ATI Radeon HD 5670 -1%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 2%
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Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 70.08 avg: 91.8 median: 93.9 (26%) max: 103.06 fps
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Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.6 % (100%)
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
41.1 fps (4%)
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan
37 fps (10%)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
min: 480 avg: 569 median: 593 (6%) max: 695 Samples/s
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
min: 897 avg: 1015 median: 1081 (4%) max: 1100 Samples/s
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ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
min: 3094 avg: 3103 median: 3103.5 (7%) max: 3109 points
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
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* 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.
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Additional Benchmarks
Medium / Disabled 4xAF 1920x1080
43.1 [X] Schenker W504Intel Core i7-4700MQ 2.4GHz
GeForce GTX 860M
min:
32 fps
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Medium Preset 1920x1080
106 [X] Schenker W504Intel Core i7-4700MQ 2.4GHz
GeForce GTX 860M
min:
92 fps
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Additional Benchmarks
Medium Preset FXAA 1920x1080
41.5 [X] Schenker W504Intel Core i7-4700MQ 2.4GHz
GeForce GTX 860M
min:
36 fps
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» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Additional Benchmarks
Medium Preset 1920x1080
14.7 [X] Schenker W504Intel Core i7-4700MQ 2.4GHz
GeForce GTX 860M
min:
11 fps
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Medium Preset 1920x1080
117 [X] Schenker W504Intel Core i7-4700MQ 2.4GHz
GeForce GTX 860M
min:
96 fps
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