AMD Radeon 860M vs NVIDIA RTX 4000 Mobile Ada Generation Comparison

FAQ

Q: What are the recorded benchmark scores for the AMD Radeon 860M?

A: The AMD Radeon 860M has a Geekbench OpenCL score of 22759 and a Geekbench Vulkan score of 30043. Its average benchmark score is 26401, placing it in the 72nd percentile of all GPUs in the database.

Q: How does the Radeon 860M compare to its nearest rivals in average score?

A: The Radeon 860M sits within a tight cluster. It trails the NVIDIA GeForce MX550 by 0.1%, leads the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 by 0.3%, trails the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary by 0.6%, and trails the NVIDIA RTX A4000 by 1.1%.

Q: What is the frame rate or rendering capability difference between the two GPUs?

A: The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Mobile Ada Generation delivers a pixel rate of 133.2 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 386.3 GTexel/s. The AMD Radeon 860M delivers 48.00 GPixel/s and 96.00 GTexel/s, respectively.

Q: What are the memory configurations of each GPU?

A: The RTX 4000 Mobile Ada Generation has 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, with 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The Radeon 860M uses system shared memory, with bandwidth described as system dependent.

Q: What are the power consumption figures recorded in the database?

A: The Radeon 860M has a TDP of 15 W, while the RTX 4000 Mobile Ada Generation has a TDP of 110 W. Neither GPU requires external power connectors.

Q: What is the release timing for each product?

A: The RTX 4000 Mobile Ada Generation was released on 2023-03-20, and the Radeon 860M was released on 2025-02-28. Both are listed as active production products.

The Verdict

The data indicates two very different product categories. The AMD Radeon 860M is an integrated graphics processor built for low-power mobile systems, with a 15 W TDP and system shared memory. The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Mobile Ada Generation is a high-end mobile workstation GPU with 12 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory, a 110 W TDP, and substantially higher raw throughput.

For users whose primary constraint is power efficiency and who rely on shared system memory, the Radeon 860M is the only sensible choice from this comparison. Its 15 W TDP is a fraction of the RTX 4000 Mobile's 110 W, and its integrated nature means no separate memory pool to manage.

For users who need maximum compute throughput, dedicated memory bandwidth, and higher rendering rates, the RTX 4000 Mobile Ada Generation is clearly the stronger part. Its pixel rate of 133.2 GPixel/s is nearly three times that of the Radeon 860M's 48.00 GPixel/s. Its texture rate of 386.3 GTexel/s is over four times the 96.00 GTexel/s of the AMD part. Its FP32 throughput of 24.72 TFLOPS dwarfs the 3.072 TFLOPS of the Radeon 860M.

The benchmark percentile data reinforces this split. The Radeon 860M sits at the 72nd percentile of all GPUs, while the RTX 4000 Mobile Ada Generation sits at the 50th percentile. However, the RTX 4000 Mobile has no recorded benchmark scores in the database, so its percentile reflects an absence of data rather than a measured performance level. The Radeon 860M's nearest rivals all score within roughly 1% of its average, indicating that it performs in a well-established mid-range bracket.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains no direct head-to-head benchmark entries for these two GPUs. However, the individual recorded measurements allow for a clear comparison of their theoretical and computed capabilities.

The most significant gap appears in FP32 compute. The RTX 4000 Mobile Ada Generation delivers 24.72 TFLOPS, which is exactly eight times the 3.072 TFLOPS of the Radeon 860M. The ratio holds for FP16 as well, with both GPUs listed at a 1:1 FP16 to FP32 ratio, so the RTX 4000 Mobile also delivers 24.72 TFLOPS FP16 versus the Radeon 860M's 3.072 TFLOPS.

Texture throughput shows a similar scale of difference. The RTX 4000 Mobile's 386.3 GTexel/s is 4.02 times the Radeon 860M's 96.00 GTexel/s. Pixel throughput is closer but still heavily in NVIDIA's favor: 133.2 GPixel/s versus 48.00 GPixel/s, a factor of 2.78.

The Radeon 860M's recorded Geekbench scores, 22759 in OpenCL and 30043 in Vulkan, give it an average benchmark score of 26401. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce MX550, scores 26421, a difference of only 0.1%. The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary scores 26553, 0.6% higher. The NVIDIA RTX A4000 scores 26683, 1.1% higher. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 scores 26331, 0.3% lower. This clustering suggests the Radeon 860M performs at a level consistent with those discrete and semi-discrete parts, despite being an integrated GPU.

The RTX 4000 Mobile Ada Generation has no recorded benchmark entries, so no direct score comparison is possible. Its average benchmark score is listed as 0, which means the percentile value of 50 cannot be interpreted as a measured performance rank.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every measurable specification.

Clock speeds: the Radeon 860M has a base clock of 600 MHz and a boost clock of 3000 MHz. The RTX 4000 Mobile Ada Generation has a base clock of 1290 MHz and a boost clock of 1665 MHz. The AMD part boosts to nearly double the NVIDIA part's boost clock, though the NVIDIA part has a much higher base clock.

Memory: the Radeon 860M uses system shared memory with a system dependent bandwidth. The RTX 4000 Mobile has 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, with a bandwidth of 432.0 GB/s and an effective memory clock of 18 Gbps.

Compute units: the Radeon 860M has 512 shading units, 32 TMUs, and 16 ROPs. The RTX 4000 Mobile has 7424 shading units, 232 TMUs, and 80 ROPs. The NVIDIA part has 14.5 times the shading units, 7.25 times the TMUs, and 5 times the ROPs.

Ray tracing and tensor hardware: the Radeon 860M has 8 ray tracing cores and no tensor cores listed. The RTX 4000 Mobile has 58 ray tracing cores and 232 tensor cores.

Bus interface: the Radeon 860M uses PCIe 4.0 x8, while the RTX 4000 Mobile uses PCIe 4.0 x16.

TDP: the Radeon 860M is rated at 15 W, the RTX 4000 Mobile at 110 W.

Process node: the Radeon 860M is built on TSMC's 4 nm process, the RTX 4000 Mobile on TSMC's 5 nm process.

Architecture Differences

The Radeon 860M uses the RDNA 3.5 architecture and is built on the Krackan Point chip. It belongs to the Navi III IGP generation, with the predecessor listed as Navi II IGP. Its process node is 4 nm at TSMC. Transistor count and die size are unknown.

The RTX 4000 Mobile Ada Generation uses the Ada Lovelace architecture and is built on the AD104 chip. It belongs to the Ada-MW generation, with the predecessor listed as Ampere-MW and the successor as Blackwell-MW. Its process node is 5 nm at TSMC. The database records 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 121.8M per mm².

API support is identical for both: DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

The Radeon 860M integrates ray tracing cores (8) but has no tensor core equivalent. The RTX 4000 Mobile includes both ray tracing cores (58) and tensor cores (232), the latter enabling features that the AMD part cannot accelerate through dedicated hardware.

The AMD part's FP16 throughput is listed at 3.072 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio to FP32. The RTX 4000 Mobile lists the same 1:1 ratio, giving it 24.72 TFLOPS in both precisions. Neither part lists a separate tensor or AI-accelerated throughput figure.

Both GPUs are classified as IGP (integrated graphics processor) in slot width, and both are listed as portable device dependent for display outputs. Neither has a suggested PSU, and neither requires external power connectors.

Where Each One Wins

The Radeon 860M wins on power efficiency. Its 15 W TDP is 95 W lower than the RTX 4000 Mobile's 110 W. This makes it suitable for systems where thermal and power budgets are tight, such as thin-and-light laptops or handheld devices. Its higher boost clock of 3000 MHz, compared to 1665 MHz on the NVIDIA part, indicates a design tuned for burst performance within a constrained power envelope.

The Radeon 860M also wins on the basis of recorded benchmark data. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 22759 and Vulkan score of 30043 place it in the 72nd percentile of all GPUs, with an average score of 26401. Its nearest rivals in the database all fall within a 1.1% band, confirming that it delivers consistent, mid-range performance. The RTX 4000 Mobile has no recorded benchmark scores, so there is no measured basis for claiming superiority in real-world compute tests from the database alone.

The RTX 4000 Mobile Ada Generation wins on raw throughput. Its FP32 compute of 24.72 TFLOPS is eight times that of the Radeon 860M. Its texture rate of 386.3 GTexel/s is four times higher. Its pixel rate of 133.2 GPixel/s is nearly three times higher. Its 12 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory with 432.0 GB/s bandwidth eliminates any dependency on system memory performance, which the Radeon 860M's system shared configuration cannot avoid.

The RTX 4000 Mobile also wins on hardware feature count. It has 58 ray tracing cores versus 8, and 232 tensor cores versus none. It has 7424 shading units versus 512, 232 TMUs versus 32, and 80 ROPs versus 16. Its PCIe 4.0 x16 interface provides twice the lane width of the Radeon 860M's x8 interface.

The practical split is clear. The Radeon 860M serves as an integrated solution for low-power mobile devices where the GPU must share memory with the CPU and where the total system power budget is small. The RTX 4000 Mobile Ada Generation serves as a dedicated solution for mobile workstations requiring high compute throughput, large dedicated memory pools, and hardware acceleration for ray tracing and tensor operations. The 72nd percentile ranking of the Radeon 860M indicates it performs well within its class, while the RTX 4000 Mobile's lack of recorded benchmark data means its performance position cannot be quantified from the database.