AMD Radeon R8 M535DX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R8 M535DX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R8 M535DX

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M535DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 12 March 2014
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9705 vs 4620
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 3405
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 3405
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 225 vs 182
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2516 vs 670

Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	9705 vs 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685 vs 3405
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685 vs 3405
PassMark - G2D Mark	225 vs 182
PassMark - G3D Mark	2516 vs 670

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R8 M535DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4620

9705

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3405

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3405

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3353

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

182

225

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

670

2516

Name	AMD Radeon R8 M535DX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
Geekbench - OpenCL	4620	9705
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3405	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3405	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3353
PassMark - G2D Mark	182	225
PassMark - G3D Mark	670	2516
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		37.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		388.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		38.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		151.016
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3817
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		979

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R8 M535DX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Maxwell
Code name	Meso	GM107
Launch date	18 April 2017	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	926	929
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	891 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Transistor count	3,100 million	1,870 million
CUDA cores		640
Floating-point performance		1,155 gflops
Pipelines		640
Texture fill rate		36.08 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
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
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
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