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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M is a graphics card released on March 12, 2014. It has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus, 80.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth and a 45 W board power rating. It scores 3,095 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5.

7/10 key specs recorded · 20 facts

Depth: 31 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

n/a

Memory

2 GB

GDDR5 · 128-bit

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

45 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M scores 3,095 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 73.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #752), measured across 4,372 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 227.

PassMark G3D Mark

3,095

Rank #752
Faster than 73.2% of 2,658 GPUs
4,372 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 55 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 60.1% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 15 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 56.6% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 23 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 53.4% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 13 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 43.7% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 1,265 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 54.5% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M averages DirectX 9 55 fps, DirectX 10 15 fps, DirectX 11 23 fps, DirectX 12 13 fps and GPU Compute 1,265 ops/s, across 4,372 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 2 GB

Core clock 1085 MHz

Memory clock 2500 MHz

DirectX 11.2

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 45 W

First benchmarked 2014-04-30

Samples 4,372

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 1085 MHz, DirectX 11.2 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2014-04-30. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Memory

Size 2 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 80.0 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M is equipped with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 80.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M has a board power rating of 45 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 45 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched March 12, 2014

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GTX

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M was released on March 12, 2014.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 3,095

PassMark G2D 227

Rank #752

Samples 4,372

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.5

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 80.0 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M has a board power rating of 45 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M scores 3,095 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 73.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #752. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 13 fps.