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
GPU 1
GPU 2
2519
1676
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
225
586
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9754
6185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
37.761
17.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
388.248
585.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.428
1.857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
38.889
36.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
151.016
93.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3817
2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3685
1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3250
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3817
2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3685
1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3250
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M AMD FirePro W600
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

Essentials

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

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

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

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

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

Memory

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

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