Radeon Graphics 448SP Mobile 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 ranking516not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameN15P-GXBarcelo
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 March 2014 (10 years ago)6 January 2022 (2 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 cores640448
CUDA cores1152 or 640no data
Core clock speed797 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1800 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million10,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate43.4050.40
Floating-point processing power1.389 gflops1.613 gflops
ROPs168
TMUs4028

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)IGP
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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Standard memory configurationGDDR5no data
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedUp to 2500 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth80.0 GB/sno data
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 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+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.1
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 March 2014 6 January 2022
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 45 Watt

Graphics 448SP Mobile has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 860M and Radeon Graphics 448SP Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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