RTX A1000 vs GeForce GTX 860M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 860M with RTX A1000, including specs and performance data.

GTX 860M
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
7.91

RTX A1000 outperforms GTX 860M by a whopping 254% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking520199
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.2338.45
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM107GA107
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date13 January 2014 (10 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)

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 cores1152 or 6402304
Core clock speed797 MHz727 MHz
Boost clock speed1085 MHz1462 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate43.40105.3
Floating-point processing power1.389 TFLOPS6.737 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs4072
Tensor Coresno data72
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data163 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Standard memory configurationGDDR5no data
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 2500 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.0 GB/s192.0 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 outputs4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 860M 7.91
RTX A1000 28.04
+254%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 860M 3047
RTX A1000 10805
+255%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 860M 10362
RTX A1000 53145
+413%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 860M 10627
RTX A1000 49260
+364%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p91
−230%
300−350
+230%
Full HD36
−233%
120−130
+233%
4K13
−246%
45−50
+246%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−233%
40−45
+233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
−242%
65−70
+242%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
−218%
35−40
+218%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−248%
80−85
+248%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
−244%
55−60
+244%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−233%
40−45
+233%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−233%
60−65
+233%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−241%
75−80
+241%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
−246%
180−190
+246%
Hitman 3 14−16
−233%
50−55
+233%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−233%
150−160
+233%
Metro Exodus 21−24
−248%
80−85
+248%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−241%
75−80
+241%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−246%
90−95
+246%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
−239%
190−200
+239%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
−242%
65−70
+242%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
−218%
35−40
+218%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−248%
80−85
+248%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
−244%
55−60
+244%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−233%
40−45
+233%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−233%
60−65
+233%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−241%
75−80
+241%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
−246%
180−190
+246%
Hitman 3 14−16
−233%
50−55
+233%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−233%
150−160
+233%
Metro Exodus 21−24
−248%
80−85
+248%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−241%
75−80
+241%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−246%
90−95
+246%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60
−250%
210−220
+250%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
−239%
190−200
+239%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
−242%
65−70
+242%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
−218%
35−40
+218%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
−244%
55−60
+244%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−233%
40−45
+233%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−233%
60−65
+233%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
−246%
180−190
+246%
Hitman 3 14−16
−233%
50−55
+233%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−233%
150−160
+233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−246%
90−95
+246%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12
−233%
40−45
+233%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
−239%
190−200
+239%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−241%
75−80
+241%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
−233%
50−55
+233%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−233%
40−45
+233%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−233%
30−33
+233%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
−233%
100−105
+233%
Hitman 3 10−12
−218%
35−40
+218%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−253%
60−65
+253%
Metro Exodus 10−11
−250%
35−40
+250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−240%
170−180
+240%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−246%
45−50
+246%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Hitman 3 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−239%
95−100
+239%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−233%
30−33
+233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%

This is how GTX 860M and RTX A1000 compete in popular games:

  • RTX A1000 is 230% faster in 900p
  • RTX A1000 is 233% faster in 1080p
  • RTX A1000 is 246% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.91 28.04
Recency 13 January 2014 16 April 2024
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt

RTX A1000 has a 254.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

The RTX A1000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 860M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 860M is a notebook card while RTX A1000 is a workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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