Steam Deck OLED GPU vs GeForce GTX 860M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking515not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.59no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM107Sephiroth
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date13 January 2014 (10 years ago)9 November 2023 (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 640512
Core clock speed797 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1085 MHz1600 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million2,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate43.4051.20
Floating-point processing power1.389 TFLOPS1.638 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs4032
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

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)no data
Lengthno data298 mm
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB16 GB
Standard memory configurationGDDR5no data
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 2500 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.0 GB/s88 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 USB Type-C
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+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 January 2014 9 November 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 15 Watt

Steam Deck OLED GPU has an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 860M and Steam Deck OLED GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 860M is a notebook card while Steam Deck OLED GPU is a desktop one.


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