NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M vs AMD FirePro W600
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M and AMD FirePro W600 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 36.08 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
- Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
- Around 50% better floating-point performance: 1,155 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
- Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 75 Watt
- Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2519 vs 1676
- Around 58% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9754 vs 6185
- 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 37.761 vs 17.708
- Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.428 vs 1.857
- Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 38.889 vs 36.592
- Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 151.016 vs 93.116
- Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3817 vs 2331
- 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 1555
- Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3250
- Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3817 vs 2331
- 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 1555
- Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3250
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 12 March 2014 vs 13 June 2012 |
Texture fill rate | 36.08 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 640 vs 512 |
Floating-point performance | 1,155 gflops vs 768.0 gflops |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt vs 75 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2519 vs 1676 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 9754 vs 6185 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 37.761 vs 17.708 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.428 vs 1.857 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 38.889 vs 36.592 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 151.016 vs 93.116 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3817 vs 2331 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3685 vs 1555 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3353 vs 3250 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3817 vs 2331 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3685 vs 1555 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3353 vs 3250 |
Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W600
- 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 586 vs 225
- Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 585.463 vs 388.248
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 586 vs 225 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 585.463 vs 388.248 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W600
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M | AMD FirePro W600 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2519 | 1676 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 225 | 586 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 9754 | 6185 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 37.761 | 17.708 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 388.248 | 585.463 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.428 | 1.857 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 38.889 | 36.592 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 151.016 | 93.116 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3817 | 2331 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3685 | 1555 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3353 | 3250 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3817 | 2331 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3685 | 1555 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3353 | 3250 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 979 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M | AMD FirePro W600 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | GM107 | Cape Verde |
Launch date | 12 March 2014 | 13 June 2012 |
Place in performance rating | 918 | 919 |
Type | Laptop | Workstation |
Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | |
Technical info |
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CUDA cores | 640 | |
Floating-point performance | 1,155 gflops | 768.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 640 | 512 |
Texture fill rate | 36.08 GTexel / s | 24 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt | 75 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,870 million | 1,500 million |
Core clock speed | 750 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | ||
Display Connectors | No outputs | 6x mini-DisplayPort |
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 |
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Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
Length | 163 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_1) |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 80.0 GB / s | 64 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory type | DDR3, GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Standard memory configuration | DDR3 or GDDR5 | |
Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz | |
Technologies |
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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 |