AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 Mobile 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 52 GTexel / s vs 36.08 GTexel / s
  • Around 44% better floating-point performance: 1,664 gflops vs 1,155 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 377 vs 225
  • Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10257 vs 9777
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 167.399 vs 151.016
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 October 2017 vs 12 March 2014
Texture fill rate 52 GTexel / s vs 36.08 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,664 gflops vs 1,155 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 377 vs 225
Geekbench - OpenCL 10257 vs 9777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 167.399 vs 151.016

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

  • 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
  • Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2506 vs 1641
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 37.761 vs 29.977
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 388.248 vs 309.874
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.428 vs 2.177
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 38.889 vs 35.847
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3817 vs 2315
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 3162
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3817 vs 2315
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 3162
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2506 vs 1641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 37.761 vs 29.977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 388.248 vs 309.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.428 vs 2.177
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.889 vs 35.847
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3817 vs 2315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3685 vs 3162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3817 vs 2315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3685 vs 3162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3339

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1641
2506
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
377
225
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10257
9777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
29.977
37.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
309.874
388.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.177
2.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.847
38.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
167.399
151.016
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2315
3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3162
3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2315
3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3162
3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
3353
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1641 2506
PassMark - G2D Mark 377 225
Geekbench - OpenCL 10257 9777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 29.977 37.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 309.874 388.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.177 2.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.847 38.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 167.399 151.016
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2315 3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3162 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2315 3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3162 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 979

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Maxwell
Code name Raven GM107
Launch date 26 October 2017 12 March 2014
Place in performance rating 927 930
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,664 gflops 1,155 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 640
Texture fill rate 52 GTexel / s 36.08 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 45 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million 1,870 million
CUDA cores 640

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_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s 80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory type DDR4 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