AMD Radeon 860M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Comparison

The AMD Radeon 860M is an integrated graphics processor built on TSMC’s 4 nm process with RDNA 3.5 architecture, part of the Krackan Point chip. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is a discrete add-in board based on Ada Lovelace, using the AD104 chip on a 5 nm process. Benchmark data from the database shows the RTX 4070 Ti dominates in raw compute, while the 860M serves a fundamentally different segment as a low-power IGP. The recorded figures place the 860M at the 72nd percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 26401, while the RTX 4070 Ti sits at the 84th percentile with an average score of 44795.

The Verdict

The data separates these two products cleanly by performance tier and intended role. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti wins both head-to-head benchmark entries in the database, and its average benchmark score of 44795 is 69.6% higher than the AMD Radeon 860M’s 26401. The RTX 4070 Ti records a Geekbench OpenCL score of 176953 against the 860M’s 22759, a delta of -87.1% in favor of NVIDIA. In Geekbench Vulkan, the margin is similar: 213808 versus 30043, a delta of -85.9%.

The RTX 4070 Ti is the clear choice for any workload demanding high throughput, ray tracing capacity, or large dedicated memory. The 860M, by contrast, is an integrated solution with a 15 W TDP, system-shared memory, and no power connectors. It cannot match the discrete card’s 285 W TDP, 12 GB GDDR6X frame buffer, or 504.2 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX 4070 Ti also carries a launch MSRP of 799 USD, which positions it as a premium product, while the 860M has no listed launch price.

For users constrained to a portable device or an IGP form factor, the 860M is the only option in this comparison. Its 72nd percentile ranking shows it outperforms a meaningful share of all GPUs, including the NVIDIA GeForce MX550 (average score 26421, -0.1% delta) and the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary (26553, -0.6% delta). But the RTX 4070 Ti’s 84th percentile and its nearest rivals, such as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile (45152, -0.8% delta) and the Intel Arc A730M (45592, -1.7% delta), indicate a completely different performance class. The verdict is straightforward: the RTX 4070 Ti for discrete rendering workloads, the 860M for integrated, low-power systems.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs diverge at every architectural level. The AMD Radeon 860M uses RDNA 3.5, built on TSMC’s 4 nm node, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti uses Ada Lovelace on a 5 nm node. The 860M’s chip is Krackan Point, with the database listing no discrete transistor count or die size; the RTX 4070 Ti’s AD104 chip contains 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 121.8M per mm².

Shading unit counts differ enormously: the 860M has 512 shading units, while the RTX 4070 Ti has 7680. Texture mapping units are 32 versus 240, and ROPs are 16 versus 80. Ray tracing cores are present on both, but the 860M has 8 while the RTX 4070 Ti has 60. The RTX 4070 Ti also adds 240 tensor cores, a feature the 860M lacks entirely. The 860M’s FP32 throughput is 3.072 TFLOPS, and its FP16 is also 3.072 TFLOPS at a 1:1 ratio. The RTX 4070 Ti delivers 40.09 TFLOPS in both FP32 and FP16, again at 1:1.

Clock behavior reflects their differing power envelopes. The 860M has a base clock of 600 MHz and a boost of 3000 MHz, while the RTX 4070 Ti runs at a 2310 MHz base and 2610 MHz boost. Memory architecture is fundamentally different: the 860M uses system-shared memory with a bus width marked as system shared and bandwidth described as system dependent; the RTX 4070 Ti has 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 192-bit bus with 504.2 GB/s bandwidth. The 860M’s memory clock is also system shared, while the RTX 4070 Ti’s memory runs at 1313 MHz with 21 Gbps effective.

Power delivery and physical design separate them further. The 860M is an IGP with a 15 W TDP, no power connectors, and a slot width listed as IGP. The RTX 4070 Ti is a dual-slot card with a 285 W TDP, a 1x 16-pin power connector, and a suggested PSU of 600 W. Its dimensions are 285 mm in length, 112 mm in height, and 42 mm in width. The 860M’s display outputs are portable device dependent; the RTX 4070 Ti offers 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, but the bus interfaces differ: PCIe 4.0 x8 for the 860M versus PCIe 4.0 x16 for the RTX 4070 Ti.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti has an average benchmark score of 44795, compared to the AMD Radeon 860M’s 26401. The RTX 4070 Ti also holds the 84th percentile of all GPUs, while the 860M holds the 72nd.

Q: How do the two compare in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti scores 176953 in Geekbench OpenCL, while the 860M scores 22759. This gives the RTX 4070 Ti a delta of -87.1% over the 860M, meaning the 860M trails by that margin.

Q: What is the memory configuration difference?

A: The 860M uses system-shared memory with a system-dependent bandwidth and bus width. The RTX 4070 Ti has 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 192-bit bus with 504.2 GB/s bandwidth and a memory clock of 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective).

Q: Does the RTX 4070 Ti have tensor cores?

A: Yes, the RTX 4070 Ti includes 240 tensor cores. The AMD Radeon 860M has no tensor cores listed in its specifications.

Q: Which GPU has more ray tracing cores?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti has 60 ray tracing cores, while the 860M has 8. This is a 7.5x difference in ray tracing hardware count.

Q: What are the power requirements?

A: The 860M has a 15 W TDP with no power connectors, while the RTX 4070 Ti has a 285 W TDP and requires a 1x 16-pin power connector, with a suggested PSU of 600 W.

Specification Differences

The following fields differ between the AMD Radeon 860M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, based solely on the recorded data:

• Process node: 4 nm (860M) versus 5 nm (RTX 4070 Ti)
• Architecture: RDNA 3.5 (860M) versus Ada Lovelace (RTX 4070 Ti)
• Transistors: unknown for 860M versus 35,800 million for RTX 4070 Ti
• Die size: unknown for 860M versus 294 mm² for RTX 4070 Ti
• Transistor density: null for 860M versus 121.8M / mm² for RTX 4070 Ti
• Base clock: 600 MHz versus 2310 MHz
• Boost clock: 3000 MHz versus 2610 MHz
• Memory size: System Shared versus 12 GB
• Memory type: System Shared versus GDDR6X
• Memory bus width: System Shared versus 192 bit
• Memory bandwidth: System Dependent versus 504.2 GB/s
• Memory clock: System Shared versus 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective)
• Shading units: 512 versus 7680
• Texture mapping units: 32 versus 240
• ROPs: 16 versus 80
• Ray tracing cores: 8 versus 60
• Tensor cores: null versus 240
• Pixel rate: 48.00 GPixel/s versus 208.8 GPixel/s
• Texture rate: 96.00 GTexel/s versus 626.4 GTexel/s
• FP32: 3.072 TFLOPS versus 40.09 TFLOPS
• FP16: 3.072 TFLOPS (1:1) versus 40.09 TFLOPS (1:1)
• TDP: 15 W versus 285 W
• Slot width: IGP versus Dual-slot
• Power connectors: None versus 1x 16-pin
• Suggested PSU: null versus 600 W
• Bus interface: PCIe 4.0 x8 versus PCIe 4.0 x16
• Display outputs: Portable Device Dependent versus 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
• Dimensions: null for 860M versus 285 mm x 112 mm x 42 mm for RTX 4070 Ti
• Production status: Active versus End-of-life
• Release date: 2025-02-28 versus 2023-01-02
• Predecessor: Navi II IGP versus GeForce 30
• Successor: null versus GeForce 50
• Launch MSRP: null versus 799 USD
• Percentile: 72 versus 84
• Average benchmark score: 26401 versus 44795

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records two direct comparisons between the AMD Radeon 860M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, both in Geekbench workloads. The RTX 4070 Ti wins both, giving it a 2-0 record in the head-to-head table.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 4070 Ti scores 176953, while the 860M scores 22759. The delta of -87.1% indicates the 860M produces roughly one-eighth the score of the RTX 4070 Ti. This is consistent with the massive difference in shading units (7680 versus 512) and FP32 throughput (40.09 TFLOPS versus 3.072 TFLOPS). The OpenCL test exercises general compute, where the RTX 4070 Ti’s larger execution resource pool and dedicated memory bandwidth become decisive.

In Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX 4070 Ti scores 213808, against the 860M’s 30043. The delta is -85.9%. The RTX 4070 Ti’s Vulkan score is higher than its OpenCL score, while the 860M’s Vulkan score (30043) also exceeds its OpenCL score (22759). This suggests both GPUs handle the Vulkan API efficiently, but the absolute gap remains dominant in NVIDIA’s favor. The RTX 4070 Ti’s Vulkan result is 7.1x the 860M’s, a slightly smaller ratio than the OpenCL gap but still a commanding margin.

The 860M’s individual benchmark scores, 22759 in OpenCL and 30043 in Vulkan, place it near its nearest rivals in the database. Its average score of 26401 is nearly identical to the NVIDIA GeForce MX550’s 26421 (a delta of -0.1%) and the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary’s 26553 (-0.6%). The RTX 4070 Ti’s average of 44795 sits alongside the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile (45152, -0.8%) and the RTX A6000 (44075, 1.6%), showing it competes with high-end mobile and professional parts.

The largest single score in the entire comparison is the RTX 4070 Ti’s Geekbench Vulkan result of 213808, which exceeds the 860M’s best score by a factor of 7.1. The RTX 4070 Ti also records a Passmark G3D score of 31624 and a Passmark GPU Compute score of 18396, figures the 860M has no corresponding entries for in the database. The pixel rate difference, 208.8 GPixel/s versus 48.00 GPixel/s, and texture rate, 626.4 GTexel/s versus 96.00 GTexel/s, further quantify the rendering throughput gap.

The database shows zero wins for the 860M and two wins for the RTX 4070 Ti across the recorded benchmarks. The RTX 4070 Ti’s nearest rival scores are all above 44000, while the 860M’s nearest rival scores cluster around 26400. This places the two parts in separate performance bands with no overlap in the benchmark data.