NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

GeForce GTX 850M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 12 March 2014. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Maxwell microarchitecture codenamed GM107.

Texture fill rate - 36.08 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 640. Floating-point performance - 1,155 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,870 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 45 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3, GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory bandwidth - 80.0 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
2513
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
226
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
9697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
37.761 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
388.248 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
93.230 Frames/s
2.428 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
38.889 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4413.025 mHash/s
151.016 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
3817 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3685 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3353 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
3817.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3685.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3353.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
979
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 2513
PassMark - G2D Mark 226
Geekbench - OpenCL 9697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 37.761 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 388.248 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 2.428 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 38.889 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 151.016 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3817 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3685 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3353 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3817.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3685.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3353.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 979

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Hitman 2016 (2016)

Low, 1280x72042.40
Medium, 1366x76838.10
High, 1920x108016.60
Ultra, 1920x108014.90

The Division (2016)

Low, 1280x72054.60
Medium, 1366x76840.50
High, 1920x108019.30
Ultra, 1920x108014.50

Far Cry Primal (2016)

Low, 1280x72056.00
Medium, 1920x108025.00
High, 1920x108022.00
Ultra, 1920x108015.00
4K, 3840x21606.00

XCOM 2 (2016)

Low, 1280x72059.10
Medium, 1920x108021.40
High, 1920x108013.30
Ultra, 1920x10805.90

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Low, 1024x76859.60
Medium, 1366x76837.20
High, 1920x108020.90
Ultra, 1920x108017.00
4K, 3840x21606.90

Rainbow Six Siege (2015)

Low, 1024x768112.90
Medium, 1366x76873.10
High, 1920x108038.80
Ultra, 1920x108029.70
4K, 3840x216011.40

Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)

Low, 1024x76841.90
Medium, 1366x76836.60
High, 1920x108022.10
Ultra, 1920x10803.60
4K, 3840x21604.40

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

Low, 1024x768103.40
Medium, 1366x76863.80
High, 1920x108028.70
Ultra, 1920x108024.60
4K, 3840x21608.30

Fallout 4 (2015)

Low, 1280x72069.60
Medium, 1366x76841.80
High, 1920x108022.80
Ultra, 1920x108018.80
4K, 3840x21607.30

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x76875.40
Medium, 1366x76850.00
High, 1920x108026.40
Ultra, 1920x108020.10
4K, 3840x21606.90

Anno 2205 (2015)

Low, 1024x76881.80
Medium, 1366x76844.80
High, 1920x108019.30
Ultra, 1920x10808.40
4K, 3840x21607.30

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x76863.90
Medium, 1366x76838.40
High, 1920x108020.90
Ultra, 1920x108011.30

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768227.70
Medium, 1366x768104.10
High, 1920x108057.80
Ultra, 1920x108024.10

GTA V (2015)

Low, 1024x76872.80
Medium, 1366x76865.90
High, 1920x108029.00
Ultra, 1920x108010.90

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Low, 1024x76863.05
Medium, 1366x76837.20
High, 1920x108014.10
Ultra, 1920x10809.70

Far Cry 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x76875.20
Medium, 1366x76857.20
High, 1920x108025.80
Ultra, 1920x108020.90

Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)

Low, 1024x76841.80
Medium, 1366x76831.10
High, 1920x108017.20
Ultra, 1920x10809.60

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Low, 1024x76899.20
Medium, 1366x76855.10
High, 1920x108038.60
Ultra, 1920x108020.90

Alien: Isolation (2014)

Low, 1024x768123.50
Medium, 1366x76887.70
High, 1920x108045.25
Ultra, 1920x108031.90

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x72076.45
Medium, 1344x75653.30
High, 1920x108023.80
Ultra, 1920x108018.15

Sims 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768159.60
Medium, 1366x76884.50
High, 1920x108049.80
Ultra, 1920x108041.60

Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)

Low, 1280x72060.00
Medium, 1280x72060.00
High, 1920x108040.10
Ultra, 1920x108027.60

The Elder Scrolls Online (2014)

Low, 1024x76886.20
Medium, 1366x76876.55
High, 1366x76865.30
Ultra, 1920x108037.10

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76846.45
Medium, 1366x76837.65
High, 1366x76833.70
Ultra, 1920x108018.10

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Low, 1024x76879.90
Medium, 1366x76840.20
High, 1366x76824.30
Ultra, 1920x108014.90

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x768104.80
Medium, 1366x76881.10
High, 1366x76856.40
Ultra, 1920x108020.40

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x76884.10
Medium, 1366x76887.35
High, 1366x76872.55
Ultra, 1920x108018.00

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76838.70
Medium, 1366x76836.09
High, 1366x76828.25
Ultra, 1920x108011.69

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76880.55
Medium, 1366x76870.80
High, 1366x76843.60
Ultra, 1920x108021.85

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720150.80
Medium, 1366x76898.60
High, 1366x76882.80
Ultra, 1920x108028.40

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Medium, 1366x76874.30
High, 1366x76868.90
Ultra, 1920x108035.00

SimCity (2013)

Medium, 1366x76887.00
High, 1366x76856.30
Ultra, 1920x108028.00

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768230.70
Medium, 1366x768123.00
High, 1366x76867.50
Ultra, 1920x108031.60

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76881.40
Medium, 1366x76852.30
High, 1366x76834.80
Ultra, 1920x108014.00

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76848.80
Medium, 1366x76844.60
High, 1366x76835.85
Ultra, 1920x108014.25

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

High, 1366x76884.30
Ultra, 1920x108054.20

Dirt Showdown (2012)

High, 1366x76861.90
Ultra, 1920x108039.00

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768149.00
Medium, 1366x768103.00
High, 1366x76891.00
Ultra, 1920x108061.00

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x72060.00
High, 1366x76860.00
Ultra, 1920x108048.20

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x720107.30
Medium, 1366x76881.20
High, 1366x76866.80
Ultra, 1920x108035.25

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Medium, 1366x76877.20
High, 1366x76863.90
Ultra, 1920x108022.00

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

High, 1366x768130.20
Ultra, 1920x108061.20

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600145.90
Medium, 1360x768151.70
High, 1600x90083.90
Ultra, 1920x108028.55

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Low, 640x480300.00
High, 1024x768120.00
Ultra, 1920x108062.00

World of Warcraft (2005)

High, 1280x102486.90
Ultra, 1920x108045.30

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell
Code name GM107
Launch date 12 March 2014
Place in performance rating 940
Type Laptop

Technical info

CUDA cores 640
Floating-point performance 1,155 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 640
Texture fill rate 36.08 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3 or GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA