FirePro W7000 vs GeForce GTX 860M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W7000 and GeForce GTX 860M, 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 FirePro W7000 stacks up against GeForce GTX 860M, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 860M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 860M 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 GTX 860M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W7000 GeForce GTX 860M
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • FirePro W7000 has 366% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 860M.
  • FirePro W7000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and GeForce GTX 860M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • FirePro W7000 and GeForce GTX 860M have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • FirePro W7000 is used in Desktops, and GeForce GTX 860M - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W7000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and GeForce GTX 860M - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W7000 is 153 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 860M.
  • FirePro W7000 and GeForce GTX 860M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 16−18
ultra / 1080p 12−14 10−11
QHD / 1440p 6−7 5−6
4K / 2160p 5−6 4−5
low / 720p 40−45 30−35
medium / 1080p 24−27 21−24
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W7000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 26% more, than GeForce GTX 860M.

Full Specs

  FirePro W7000 GeForce GTX 860M
Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Pitcairn N15P-GX
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 13 June 2012 12 March 2014
Pipelines 1280 640
Core clock speed 950 MHz 797 MHz
Boost Clock 915 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 76.00 43.40
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops 1,389 gflops
Length 242 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 80.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.126
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1152 or 640
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 285 Mh/s 163 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Standard memory configuration GDDR5
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection +
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI +
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 6 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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