Radeon R9 280X2 vs GeForce GTX 860M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	579	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	7.56	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GM107	Tahiti
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	13 January 2014 (11 years ago)	no data

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	2048 ×2
Core clock speed	797 MHz	950 MHz
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz	1000 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	375 Watt
Texture fill rate	43.40	128.0 ×2
Floating-point processing power	1.389 TFLOPS	4.096 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	16	32 ×2
TMUs	40	128 ×2
L1 Cache	320 KB	512 KB
L2 Cache	2 MB	768 KB

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)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	315 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	3x 8-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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB ×2
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	Up to 2500 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s ×2
Shared memory	-	-

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	6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
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	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5 (5.1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.170
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	375 Watt

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