NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
5.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 230 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2014 vs 30 May 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 230 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1046 MHz vs 902 MHz
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1085 MHz vs 936 MHz
3.6x more texture fill rate: 134 billion / sec vs 37.44 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 640
2.8x better floating-point performance: 3,333 gflops vs 1,198 gflops
3.9x more memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5939 vs 1050
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 562 vs 551
Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7412 vs 3857
Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7412 vs 3857
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 2957
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 2957

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1046 MHz vs 902 MHz
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz vs 936 MHz
Texture fill rate	134 billion / sec vs 37.44 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 640
Floating-point performance	3,333 gflops vs 1,198 gflops
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5939 vs 1050
PassMark - G2D Mark	562 vs 551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7412 vs 3857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7412 vs 3857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690 vs 2957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690 vs 2957

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1050

5939

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

551

562

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3857

7412

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3857

7412

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2957

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2957

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3340

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
PassMark - G3D Mark	1050	5939
PassMark - G2D Mark	551	562
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3857	7412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3857	7412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2957	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2957	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3340
Geekbench - OpenCL		18068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		49.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1089.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		44.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		103.884
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2155

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Kepler
Code name	GM107	GK104
Launch date	17 March 2014	30 May 2013
Place in performance rating	518	515
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Price now		$449.99
Value for money (0-100)		15.45
Technical info
Boost clock speed	936 MHz	1085 MHz
Core clock speed	902 MHz	1046 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,198 gflops	3,333 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	1536
Texture fill rate	37.44 GTexel / s	134 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	230 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1536
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Minimum recommended system power		600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		One 8-pin and one 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	224.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	7012 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
PhysX
TXAA