GeForce RTX 3090 vs GTX 860M OEM

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated23
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data14.88
Power efficiencyno data13.71
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM107GA102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 February 2015 (9 years ago)1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores64010496
Core clock speed1020 MHz1395 MHz
Boost clock speed1085 MHz1695 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rate43.40556.0
Floating-point processing power1.389 TFLOPS35.58 TFLOPS
ROPs16112
TMUs40328
Tensor Coresno data328
Ray Tracing Coresno data82

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data336 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount2 GB24 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1219 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.19 GB/s936.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA5.08.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 February 2015 1 September 2020
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 350 Watt

GTX 860M OEM has 366.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3090, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 860M OEM and GeForce RTX 3090. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 860M OEM is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3090 is a desktop one.


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