GeForce 256 DDR vs GTX 860M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	574	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	7.54	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	GM107	NV10 A3
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	13 January 2014 (11 years ago)	23 December 1999 (25 years 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 cores	1152 or 640	no data
Core clock speed	797 MHz	120 MHz
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	17 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	220 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	43.40	0.48
Floating-point processing power	1.389 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	40	4
L1 Cache	320 KB	no data
L2 Cache	2 MB	no data

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	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	AGP 4x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	32 MB
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 2500 MHz	150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB/s	4.8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200	no data
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160	no 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 and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	7.0
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.5	1.2
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 January 2014	23 December 1999
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	220 nm

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