GeForce 830M vs Radeon E8860

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 830M and Radeon E8860, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 830M stacks up against Radeon E8860, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 830M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce 830M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce 830M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 830M Radeon E8860
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 37 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon E8860 has 12% more power consumption, than GeForce 830M.
  • GeForce 830M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon E8860 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 830M and Radeon E8860 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • GeForce 830M is used in Laptops, and Radeon E8860 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce 830M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon E8860 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 830M is 454 MHz higher, than Radeon E8860.
  • GeForce 830M and Radeon E8860 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon E8860 is 2700 MHz higher, than GeForce 830M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 7−8
ultra / 1080p 0−1 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 18−20
medium / 1080p 3−4 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon E8860 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than GeForce 830M.

Full Specs

  GeForce 830M Radeon E8860
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name N15? Venus
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 12 March 2014 25 January 2014
Pipelines 256 640
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 575 MHz
Boost Clock 1150 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 18.40 25.00
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops 800.0 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA +
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 67 Mh/s 48 Mh/s
Optimus +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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