Radeon 860M vs Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell)
Review
Key differences
Key distinctions and advantages between Radeon 860M and Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell)
Reasons to consider the Radeon 860M
- + RDNA 3.5 architecture
- + Krackan Point codename
- + System Shared memory
- + PCIe 4.0 x16 interface
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell)
- + Blackwell 2.0 architecture
- + GB206-300-A1 codename
- + 8GB GDDR7 memory
- + PCIe 5.0 x16 interface
Pros & Cons
- Great energy efficiency
- Hardware ray tracing support
- Dedicated AI tensor cores
- No discrete card needed — integrated solution
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
"A budget AMD Radeon 860M integrated graphics with limited performance overall, excellent energy efficiency. Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
- Hardware ray tracing support
- DLSS upscaling support
- Dedicated AI tensor cores
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
"A entry-level Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) graphics card with modest workstation performance (43/100). Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
Gaming Performance
Forza Horizon 5
The Witcher 3
Counter-Strike 2
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Call of Duty
Ghost of Tsushima
Cyberpunk 2077
Tomb Raider
| Radeon 860M | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 24 | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | — |
| The Witcher 3 | 18 | — | — | — | 97 | — | — | — |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 26 | — | — | — | 130 | — | — | — |
| Far Cry 6 | 26 | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | — |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 12 | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | — |
| Call of Duty | 27 | — | — | — | 71 | — | — | — |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 12 | — | — | — | 49 | — | — | — |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 13 | — | — | — | 61 | — | — | — |
| Tomb Raider | 22 | — | — | — | 98 | — | — | — |
| Average FPS | 20 | — | — | — | 79 | — | — | — |
| Radeon 860M | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 26 | 98 |
| 1080p Ultra | 20 | 79 |
| 1440p Ultra | 14 | 57 |
| 4K Ultra | - | 32 |
| Margin of Error | Low | High |
Benchmarks
| Radeon 860M | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| Time Spy | 2565 | 8744 |
| Solar Bay | 11270 | 46594 |
| Port Royal | 1103 | 5904 |
| Fire Strike | 6835 | 26026 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 5150 | 20405 |
| Night Raid | 29003 | 148588 |
| Radeon 860M | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| G2D Mark | 916 | 768 |
| DirectX 11 | 37 FPS | 139 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 24 FPS | 79 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 2421 Ops/s | 6323 Ops/s |
Specifications
| Specification | Radeon 860M ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 Compute Score | 22911 | 112758 |
| Background Blur | 57.2 img/sec | 186.3 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 30.5 img/sec | 104.5 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.83 Gpixels/sec | 4.16 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 1.16 Gpixels/sec | 5.27 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.93 Gpixels/sec | 6.65 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.35 Gpixels/sec | 1.29 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 97.8 Gpixels/sec | 515.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 3933.5 FPS | 15588.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| Specification | Radeon 860M ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 ML Single Precision | 6947 | 16848 |
| GB6 ML Half Precision | 10338 | 32774 |
| GB6 ML Quantized | 5334 | 13334 |
| Image Classification (SP) | 2022 | 6726 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 3987 | 21836 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 6657 | 18317 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 10337 | 39579 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 28437 | 68707 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2326 | 2539 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4011 | 5168 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 1995 | 8919 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 12031 | 33328 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 56710 | 119318 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
| Specification | Radeon 860M ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Amd | Nvidia |
| Build | Integrated | Discrete |
| Released | 7-Jan-25 | 18-Mar-25 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.5 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | Krackan Point | GB206-300-A1 |
| Recommended CPU | -AMD Ryzen AI 7 350or above | -Intel Core Ultra 7 255HXor above |
| Specification | Radeon 860M ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 600 MHz | 952-1657 MHz (configurable) |
| Boost Clock | 3000 MHz | 1657-2437 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 512 | 3328 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 32 | 104 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 16 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 8 | 26 |
| Tensor Cores | No | 104 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 8 | 26 |
| L1 Cache | 512KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 2MB shared | 32MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
| Specification | Radeon 860M ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | 48 GPixel/s | 53-78 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 96 GTexel/s | 172-253 GTexel/s |
| FLOPS (FP32) | 3.1 TFLOPS | 11-16.2 TFLOPS |
| Specification | Radeon 860M ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| TGP | 15-54 W (configurable) | 45-115 W (configurable) |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 233 mm² | 181 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 34 billion | 21.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | 145.92 MTr/mm² | 120.99 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature |
| Specification | Radeon 860M ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | GDDR7 |
| Specification | Radeon 860M ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3 |
| CUDA | No | 12 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | DLSS 4 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | 2.1b |
