GeForce GTX 860M vs Radeon RX 5500M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 860M and Radeon RX 5500M, 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 RX 5500M, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 860M and Radeon RX 5500M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 860M and Radeon RX 5500M 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 RX 5500M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 860M Radeon RX 5500M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 85 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon RX 5500M has 13% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 860M.
  • GeForce GTX 860M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon RX 5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 860M and Radeon RX 5500M have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 860M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 530 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 860M.
  • GeForce GTX 860M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 21−24
ultra / 1080p 10−11 12−14
QHD / 1440p 5−6 7−8
4K / 2160p 4−5 5−6
low / 720p 30−35 40−45
medium / 1080p 21−24 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 26% more, than GeForce GTX 860M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 860M Radeon RX 5500M
Architecture Maxwell Navi / RDNA
Code name N15P-GX Navi 14 / R19M-E85
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 12 March 2014 29 September 2019
Pipelines 640 1408
Core clock speed 797 MHz 1327 MHz
Boost Clock 915 MHz 1645 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 43.40 144.8
Floating-point performance 1,389 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.5
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 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 +
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