GeForce RTX 5090 vs GTX 860M SLI

Place in the ranking	407	6
Place by popularity	not in top-100	58
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	8.97
Power efficiency	7.07	9.98
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	no data	GB202
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	12 March 2014 (10 years ago)	30 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,999

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 cores	1280	21760
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	2017 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2407 MHz
Number of transistors	2x 1870 Million	92,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	575 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	1,637
Floating-point processing power	no data	104.8 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	176
TMUs	no data	680
Tensor Cores	no data	680
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	170

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 size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-pin
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 type	GDDR5	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	32 GB
Memory bus width	2x 128 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	1.79 TB/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 Connectors	no data	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (FL 11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.8
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.4
CUDA	+	10.1

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:

Full HD	45 −360%	207 +360%
1440p	27−30 −581%	184 +581%
4K	18−21 −683%	141 +683%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	9.66
1440p	no data	10.86
4K	no data	14.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +250%	6−7 −250%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −567%	160−170 +567%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 −575%	270−280 +575%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +250%	6−7 −250%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −567%	160−170 +567%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 −500%	300−310 +500%
Forza Horizon 5	30−35 −556%	210−220 +556%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −547%	220−230 +547%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +933%	3−4 −933%
Valorant	45−50 −512%	300−310 +512%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 −575%	270−280 +575%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +250%	6−7 −250%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −567%	160−170 +567%
Dota 2	40−45 −559%	290−300 +559%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −238%	159 +238%
Fortnite	70−75 −543%	450−500 +543%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 −500%	300−310 +500%
Forza Horizon 5	30−35 −556%	210−220 +556%
Grand Theft Auto V	40−45 −559%	290−300 +559%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −547%	220−230 +547%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	90−95 +2200%	4−5 −2200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +933%	3−4 −933%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +825%	4−5 −825%
Valorant	45−50 −512%	300−310 +512%
World of Tanks	160−170 +2013%	8−9 −2013%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 −575%	270−280 +575%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 −862%	202 +862%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −567%	160−170 +567%
Dota 2	40−45 −559%	290−300 +559%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +683%	6−7 −683%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 −500%	300−310 +500%
Forza Horizon 5	30−35 −556%	210−220 +556%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	90−95 +2200%	4−5 −2200%
Valorant	45−50 −512%	300−310 +512%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −547%	110−120 +547%
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 −567%	120−130 +567%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	85−90 −532%	550−600 +532%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −536%	70−75 +536%
World of Tanks	85−90 −532%	550−600 +532%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 −567%	160−170 +567%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −567%	60−65 +567%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +600%	4−5 −600%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −555%	190−200 +555%
Forza Horizon 5	18−20 −532%	120−130 +532%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −540%	160−170 +540%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −525%	100−105 +525%
Valorant	30−33 +650%	4−5 −650%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	7−8 −2386%	174 +2386%
Dota 2	21−24 +53.3%	14−16 −53.3%
Grand Theft Auto V	21−24 −552%	150−160 +552%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −1988%	167 +1988%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 −567%	240−250 +567%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −525%	50−55 +525%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −552%	150−160 +552%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	10−12 −536%	70−75 +536%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 −686%	55 +686%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Dota 2	21−24 −552%	150−160 +552%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −567%	100−105 +567%
Fortnite	12−14 −554%	85−90 +554%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −547%	110−120 +547%
Forza Horizon 5	9−10 −567%	60−65 +567%
Valorant	12−14	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2

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This is how GTX 860M SLI and RTX 5090 compete in popular games:

RTX 5090 is 360% faster in 1080p
RTX 5090 is 581% faster in 1440p
RTX 5090 is 683% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 860M SLI is 2200% faster.
in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 5090 is 2386% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 860M SLI is ahead in 13 tests (68%)
RTX 5090 is ahead in 5 tests (26%)
there's a draw in 1 test (5%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	12.17	82.26
Recency	12 March 2014	30 January 2025
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	575 Watt

GTX 860M SLI has 379.2% lower power consumption.

RTX 5090, on the other hand, has a 575.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5090 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 860M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 860M SLI is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5090 is a desktop one.

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