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AMD Radeon 860M vs AMD Radeon 840M

AMD Radeon 860M

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The Radeon 860M is a fairly powerful RDNA 3.5 architecture iGPU that debuted in early 2025 in Krakan Point APUs and a direct successor to the Radeon 760M. It packs just a few differences under the hood, such as faster caches; its 8 CUs/WGPs (512 unified shaders) run at up to 3,000 MHz.

DX12 Ultimate, ray tracing, AI image generation and other modern features are all supported here, as are many popular video codecs including first and foremost AVC, HEVC, VP9 and AV1. The latest addition to that list, the VVC codec, is not HW-supported unlike it is with Intel Lunar Lake chips. Miracast and FreeSync support is present. The iGPU can drive up to 4 monitors simultaneously with resolutions as high as SUHD 4320p60.

RDNA 3.5-based GPUs are projected to be fully supported by AMD until some time in 2027.

Performance

Its gaming performance is good enough for playing 2024 games in low graphics settings.

Power consumption

Krakan Point chips are a single-die design, meaning the iGPU is built with the same TSMC N4P process as the CPU cores for above average, as of late 2024, power efficiency.

AMD Radeon 840M

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The Radeon 840M is a fairly powerful RDNA 3.5 architecture iGPU that debuted in early 2025 in Krakan Point APUs and a direct successor to the Radeon 740M. It packs just a few differences under the hood, such as faster caches; its 4CUs/WGPs (256 unified shaders) run at up to 2,900 MHz.

DX12 Ultimate, ray tracing, AI image generation and other modern features are all supported here, as are many popular video codecs including first and foremost AVC, HEVC, VP9 and AV1. The latest addition to that list, the VVC codec, is not HW-supported unlike it is with Intel Lunar Lake chips. Miracast and FreeSync support is present. The iGPU can drive up to 4 monitors simultaneously with resolutions as high as SUHD 4320p60.

RDNA 3.5-based GPUs are projected to be fully supported by AMD until some time in 2027.

Performance

Its gaming performance is good enough for playing 2024 games in low graphics settings. Looking at the specs, the 840M should be slightly faster than the average Radeon 740M.

Power consumption

Krakan Point chips are a single-die design, meaning the iGPU is built with the same TSMC N4P process as the CPU cores for above average, as of late 2024, power efficiency.

AMD Radeon 860MAMD Radeon 840M
AMD Radeon 800M Series
Radeon 890M compare 1024 @ 2.9 GHz? Bit @ 7500 MHz
Radeon 880M compare 768 @ 2.9 GHz? Bit @ 7500 MHz
Radeon 860M 512 @ 2.9 GHz? Bit @ 7500 MHz
Radeon 840M 256 @ 2.9 GHz? Bit @ 7500 MHz
Radeon 890M compare 1024 @ 2.9 GHz? Bit @ 7500 MHz
Radeon 880M compare 768 @ 2.9 GHz? Bit @ 7500 MHz
Radeon 860M 512 @ 2.9 GHz? Bit @ 7500 MHz
Radeon 840M 256 @ 2.9 GHz? Bit @ 7500 MHz
CodenameKrackan PointKrackan Point
ArchitectureRDNA 3+RDNA 3+
Pipelines512 - unified256 - unified
Raytracing Cores84
Core Speed2900 (Boost) MHz2900 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed7500 MHz7500 MHz
Shared Memoryyesyes
APIDirectX 12_2DirectX 12_2
technology4 nm4 nm
PCIe44
Displays4 Displays (max.), HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 2.14 Displays (max.), HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 2.1
FeaturesFreeSync, Miracast, SUHD 4320p60 resolution support, AVC/HEVC/VP9/AV1 encoding and decodingFreeSync, Miracast, SUHD 4320p60 resolution support, AVC/HEVC/VP9/AV1 encoding and decoding
Notebook Sizemedium sizedmedium sized
Date of Announcement02.06.2024 02.06.2024
PredecessorRadeon 760MRadeon 740M
CPU in Radeon 860MGPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
AMD Ryzen AI 7 3508 x 2000 MHz, 28 W? MHz3000 MHz
AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 3508 x 2000 MHz, 28 W? MHz3000 MHz
min. - max.? MHz3000 MHz
CPU in Radeon 840MGPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
AMD Ryzen AI 5 3406 x 2000 MHz, 28 W? MHz2900 MHz
AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 3406 x 2000 MHz, 28 W? MHz2900 MHz
min. - max.? MHz2900 MHz

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - Radeon 860M
2.7 pt (8%)
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Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - Radeon 840M
2.1 pt (6%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 1883     avg: 2937     median: 3147 (8%)     max: 3347 Points
1928 Points (5%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 1656     avg: 2626     median: 2868 (6%)     max: 2987 Points
1705 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
22791 Points (22%)
26645 Points (25%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
24614 Points (6%)
37360 Points (9%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 3999     avg: 6314     median: 6715 (10%)     max: 7241 Points
5208 Points (8%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 4449     avg: 6910     median: 7335 (7%)     max: 7935 Points
5606 Points (5%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
210628 Points (23%)
236090 Points (26%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 5570     avg: 5872     median: 6020 (7%)     max: 6025 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 6804     avg: 10859     median: 11800 (14%)     max: 12267 Points
8814 Points (11%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 6901     avg: 10803     median: 11680 (9%)     max: 12149 Points
8453 Points (6%)
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon 860M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
24821 Points (7%)
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon 840M
28720 Points (8%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + AMD Radeon 860M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
20346 Points (11%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + AMD Radeon 840M
24793 Points (14%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD Radeon 860M
3DMark 06
15774 Points (21%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD Radeon 840M
34953 Points (46%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x720 + AMD Radeon 860M
3DMark 06
14855 Points (19%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1024x768 + AMD Radeon 860M
3DMark 06
14920 Points (19%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + AMD Radeon 860M
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
4517 Points (3%)
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + AMD Radeon 840M
20280 Points (14%)
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon 860M
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 145.7     avg: 220.9     median: 238 (14%)     max: 253 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon 840M
181.3 fps (11%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + AMD Radeon 860M
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
97.9 % (98%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + AMD Radeon 840M
97.9 % (98%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 16.89     avg: 24.2     median: 24.1 (9%)     max: 31.4 fps
25 fps (9%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 35.2     avg: 51.3     median: 51.3 (9%)     max: 67.4 fps
56 fps (10%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 81.5     avg: 119.1     median: 119.1 (9%)     max: 156.6 fps
139.4 fps (10%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 97.2     avg: 135.5     median: 135.5 (13%)     max: 173.7 fps
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
229.4 fps (5%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
289.7 fps (12%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + AMD Radeon 860M
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
494.5 fps (4%)
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
min: 104.6     avg: 230.8     median: 315 (8%)     max: 315 fps
104.6 fps (3%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 GPU OpenCL
min: 22403     avg: 24794     median: 24584 (6%)     max: 27133 Points
13004 Points (3%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 GPU Vulkan
min: 26038     avg: 35242     median: 36748 (9%)     max: 38899 Points
22639 Points (6%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
536 Samples/s (2%)
367 Samples/s (1%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
974 Samples/s (2%)
720 Samples/s (1%)
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
6397 Points (5%)
4356 Points (4%)
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 47     avg: 59.4     median: 61.5 (8%)     max: 65.9 Watt
53.9 Watt (7%)
Power Consumption - Cyberpunk 2077 Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 54.5     avg: 71     median: 65.4 (19%)     max: 85.3 Watt
54.8 Watt (16%)
Power Consumption - Cyberpunk 2077 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 58     avg: 71.2     median: 65.7 (8%)     max: 84.7 Watt
52.6 Watt (7%)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cyberpunk 2077 ultra
min: 0.181     avg: 0.2     median: 0.2 (1%)     max: 0.2984 fps per Watt
0.2 fps per Watt (1%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon 860M → 100% n=24

Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon 840M → 107% n=24

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
12  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
11  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
9  fps
low 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
78.5  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
39.1  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
20.1  fps
low 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
23.8  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
17.1  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
13.9  fps
low 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
13.8  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
0 (!)  fps
Stalker 2

Stalker 2

2024
low 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
11.9  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
10.1  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
8.1  fps
low 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
25.9  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
16.1  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
10.5  fps
low 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
15.9  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
13.8  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
12.2  fps
low 1920x1080 cinem.
Radeon 840M:
7.5  fps
med. 1920x1080 cinem.
Radeon 840M:
6.6  fps
high 1920x1080 cinem.
Radeon 840M:
5.3  fps
F1 24

F1 24

2024
low 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
61.3 72.9 77.2 ~ 70 fps
63%
Radeon 840M:
44  fps
med. 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
54.1 65.2 69.6 ~ 63 fps
60%
Radeon 840M:
38  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
48.7 51.8 ~ 50 fps
54%
Radeon 840M:
27  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
10.4 10.6 ~ 11 fps
low 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
10.5  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
8.8  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
6.4  fps
low 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
20.1  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
15.9  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
13.2  fps
low 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
15.3  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
11.3  fps
low 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
18.2  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
15.4  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
10.6  fps
low 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
22.5  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
16.7  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
14.7  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
162.8  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
113.5  fps
low 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
84.4  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
68  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon 840M:
29.6  fps
low 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
24.3 37.1 40.4 40.4 42.8 ~ 37 fps
67%
Radeon 840M:
24.8  fps
med. 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
18.9 28.3 29.9 31 32.8 ~ 28 fps
66%
Radeon 840M:
18.4  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
12.3 22.4 23.6 24.3 25.5 ~ 22 fps
69%
Radeon 840M:
15.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
11.1 17.9 19.1 19.9 20.9 ~ 18 fps
68%
Radeon 840M:
12.2  fps
low 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
23.6 34 36 36.9 37 ~ 34 fps
68%
Radeon 840M:
23.1  fps
med. 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
17.9 26.2 29 29.9 30.1 ~ 27 fps
69%
Radeon 840M:
18.6  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
14.6 20.4 23 23.5 23.6 ~ 21 fps
63%
Radeon 840M:
13.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
14.3 20 22.5 22.9 23.1 ~ 21 fps
61%
Radeon 840M:
12.8  fps
Strange Brigade

Strange Brigade

2018
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon 860M:
88.5 165.4 171.3 177.3 ~ 151 fps
87%
Radeon 840M:
131.9  fps
med. 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
34.7 65 68.2 70.8 ~ 60 fps
84%
Radeon 840M:
50.6  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
29.3 53.9 55.7 58.7 ~ 49 fps
84%
Radeon 840M:
41.1  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
25.2 45.5 45.7 48.5 ~ 41 fps
83%
Radeon 840M:
34.2  fps
Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5

2018
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon 860M:
97 104 ~ 101 fps
med. 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
47 52 ~ 50 fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
43 47 ~ 45 fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
40 44 ~ 42 fps
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon 860M:
52.9 66.3 73.6 77.2 77.6 ~ 70 fps
84%
Radeon 840M:
59  fps
med. 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
41.6 52.3 58.4 59 59.7 ~ 54 fps
78%
Radeon 840M:
42  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
34.9 43.4 47.7 47.8 48.6 ~ 44 fps
83%
Radeon 840M:
36.5  fps
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon 860M:
40.6 66.7 78.7 83.9 85.6 ~ 71 fps
86%
Radeon 840M:
61.1  fps
med. 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
21.6 35.5 37.9 39.2 41.5 ~ 35 fps
73%
Radeon 840M:
25.6  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
15.5 23.7 27.1 27.4 28.6 ~ 24 fps
70%
Radeon 840M:
16.7  fps
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon 860M:
78.2 164.8 165.9 166.4 167.5 ~ 149 fps
112%
Radeon 840M:
167.5  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon 860M:
50.9 122.6 134.9 137.9 139.5 ~ 117 fps
106%
Radeon 840M:
124.5  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
50.7 80.4 82.1 83.4 84.8 ~ 76 fps
97%
Radeon 840M:
73.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
39.8 74.2 77 78.1 78.7 ~ 70 fps
94%
Radeon 840M:
66  fps
GTA V

GTA V

2015
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon 860M:
125.1 169.9 172.5 173.2 173.8 ~ 163 fps
100%
Radeon 840M:
163.2  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon 860M:
113.6 153.3 157.2 157.4 160.5 ~ 148 fps
102%
Radeon 840M:
151.5  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
33.6 57.4 70 74.7 76 ~ 62 fps
73%
Radeon 840M:
45.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon 860M:
13.5 22.2 27.8 28 30.7 ~ 24 fps
76%
Radeon 840M:
18.3  fps

Average Gaming AMD Radeon 860M → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming AMD Radeon 840M → 79%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 79%

AMD Radeon 860MAMD Radeon 840M
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
Assassin's Creed Shadows12119
Civilization 778.539.120.1
Kingdom Come Deliverance 223.817.113.9
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle13.8
Stalker 211.910.18.1
Until Dawn25.916.110.5
Space Marine 215.913.812.2
Star Wars Outlaws7.56.635.29
F1 2470635011443827
Senua's Saga Hellblade 210.58.786.43
Ghost of Tsushima20.115.913.2
Dragon's Dogma 215.311.3
Horizon Forbidden West18.215.410.6
Helldivers 222.516.714.7
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown162.8113.5
Counter-Strike 284.46829.6
Cyberpunk 2077 2.2 Phantom Liberty3728221824.818.415.212.2
Baldur's Gate 33427212123.118.613.312.8
Strange Brigade151604941131.950.641.134.2
X-Plane 11.11705444594236.5
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark71352461.125.616.7
Dota 2 Reborn1491177670167.5124.573.766
GTA V1631486224163.2151.545.418.3
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lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
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