GeForce GTX 860M vs Radeon Pro Vega 20

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 860M and Radeon Pro Vega 20, 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 GTX 860M stacks up against Radeon Pro Vega 20, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 860M and Radeon Pro Vega 20 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 860M and Radeon Pro Vega 20 are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Radeon Pro Vega 20 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 860M Radeon Pro Vega 20
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 HBM2
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon Pro Vega 20 has 33% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 860M.
  • GeForce GTX 860M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon Pro Vega 20 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 860M and Radeon Pro Vega 20 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 860M is used in Laptops, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce GTX 860M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - with Vega.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Pro Vega 20 is 18 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 860M.
  • GeForce GTX 860M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - by 14 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 35−40
ultra / 1080p 10−11 21−24
QHD / 1440p 5−6 16−18
4K / 2160p 4−5 10−11
low / 720p 30−35 60−65
medium / 1080p 21−24 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 113% more, than GeForce GTX 860M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 860M Radeon Pro Vega 20
Architecture Maxwell Vega
Code name N15P-GX Vega Mobile
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 12 March 2014 15 November 2018
Pipelines 640 1280
Core clock speed 797 MHz 815 MHz
Boost Clock 915 MHz 1283 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 43.40 102.6
Floating-point performance 1,389 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 1024 Bit
Memory clock speed 1480 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB/s 189.4 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1152 or 640
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 163 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized large
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 +
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