RTX A5000 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 860M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 860M with RTX A5000 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

GTX 860M
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
6.98

A5000 Mobile outperforms 860M by a whopping 418% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking574130
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.5019.44
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameGM107GA104
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date13 January 2014 (11 years ago)12 April 2021 (4 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 cores1152 or 6406144
Core clock speed797 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1085 MHz1575 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate43.40302.4
Floating-point processing power1.389 TFLOPS19.35 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs40192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48
L1 Cache320 KB6 MB
L2 Cache2 MB4 MB

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 sizedlarge
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB16 GB
Standard memory configurationGDDR5no data
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 2500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.0 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent
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 and SDK support

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
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

GTX 860M 6.98
RTX A5000 Mobile 36.18
+418%

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 3088
Samples: 4227
RTX A5000 Mobile 15997
+418%
Samples: 298

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 860M 4902
RTX A5000 Mobile 36164
+638%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 860M 3904
RTX A5000 Mobile 27271
+599%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 860M 27961
RTX A5000 Mobile 50154
+79.4%

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
−395%
450−500
+395%
Full HD37
−186%
106
+186%
1440p12−14
−467%
68
+467%
4K13
−269%
48
+269%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 35−40
−461%
210−220
+461%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−500%
90−95
+500%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
−543%
90−95
+543%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 30−35
−300%
130−140
+300%
Counter-Strike 2 35−40
−461%
210−220
+461%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−500%
90−95
+500%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−288%
93
+288%
Fortnite 45−50
−271%
160−170
+271%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−352%
140−150
+352%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
−455%
120−130
+455%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
−543%
90−95
+543%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
−463%
150−160
+463%
Valorant 75−80
−185%
220−230
+185%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 30−35
−300%
130−140
+300%
Counter-Strike 2 35−40
−461%
210−220
+461%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 110−120
−134%
270−280
+134%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−500%
90−95
+500%
Dota 2 55−60
−128%
132
+128%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−275%
90
+275%
Fortnite 45−50
−271%
160−170
+271%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−352%
140−150
+352%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
−455%
120−130
+455%
Grand Theft Auto V 26
−369%
122
+369%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
−543%
90−95
+543%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−433%
80
+433%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
−463%
150−160
+463%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20
−650%
150
+650%
Valorant 75−80
−185%
220−230
+185%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 30−35
−300%
130−140
+300%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−500%
90−95
+500%
Dota 2 55−60
−114%
124
+114%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−254%
85
+254%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−352%
140−150
+352%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
−543%
90−95
+543%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
−463%
150−160
+463%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12
−650%
90
+650%
Valorant 75−80
−185%
220−230
+185%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 45−50
−271%
160−170
+271%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 14−16
−593%
95−100
+593%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 55−60
−372%
260−270
+372%
Grand Theft Auto V 10−11
−720%
82
+720%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−450%
44
+450%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
−338%
170−180
+338%
Valorant 80−85
−206%
250−260
+206%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 14−16
−560%
95−100
+560%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−650%
45−50
+650%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−427%
79
+427%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−511%
110−120
+511%
Hogwarts Legacy 8−9
−463%
45−50
+463%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−630%
70−75
+630%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 14−16
−580%
100−110
+580%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 1−2
−4300%
40−45
+4300%
Grand Theft Auto V 18−20
−300%
76
+300%
Hogwarts Legacy 3−4
−733%
24−27
+733%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−767%
26
+767%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−867%
58
+867%
Valorant 35−40
−518%
230−240
+518%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 7−8
−771%
60−65
+771%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2
−4300%
40−45
+4300%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−900%
20−22
+900%
Dota 2 27−30
−296%
107
+296%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−529%
44
+529%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−508%
70−75
+508%
Hogwarts Legacy 3−4
−733%
24−27
+733%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−643%
50−55
+643%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%

This is how GTX 860M and RTX A5000 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX A5000 Mobile is 395% faster in 900p
  • RTX A5000 Mobile is 186% faster in 1080p
  • RTX A5000 Mobile is 467% faster in 1440p
  • RTX A5000 Mobile is 269% faster in 4K

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

  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX A5000 Mobile is 4300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX A5000 Mobile surpassed GTX 860M in all 66 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.98 36.18
Recency 13 January 2014 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 150 Watt

GTX 860M has 100% lower power consumption.

RTX A5000 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 418.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A5000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 860M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 860M is a notebook graphics card while RTX A5000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

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