AMD Radeon R9 M375X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M375X 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 M375X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M375X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 40.6 GTexel / s vs 36.08 GTexel / s
Around 12% better floating-point performance: 1,299 gflops vs 1,155 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 320 vs 225

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 12 March 2014
Texture fill rate	40.6 GTexel / s vs 36.08 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,299 gflops vs 1,155 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	320 vs 225

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2521 vs 1715
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3817 vs 3548
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3817 vs 3548
Around 19% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9809 vs 8255
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 1333
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 1333
Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 2185
Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 2185

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2521 vs 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3817 vs 3548
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3817 vs 3548
Geekbench - OpenCL	9809 vs 8255
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685 vs 1333
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685 vs 1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 2185
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 2185

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M375X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1715

2521

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

320

225

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3548

3817

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3548

3817

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8255

9809

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1333

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1333

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2185

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2185

3353

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M375X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1715	2521
PassMark - G2D Mark	320	225
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3548	3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3548	3817
Geekbench - OpenCL	8255	9809
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1333	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1333	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2185	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2185	3353
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		979

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M375X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Maxwell
Code name	Tropo	GM107
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	893	896
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1015 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,299 gflops	1,155 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	640
Texture fill rate	40.6 GTexel / s	36.08 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	1,870 million
CUDA cores		640
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
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
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed	1.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		DDR3 or GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
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