NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 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) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
  • Around 77% better floating-point performance: 1,155 gflops vs 652.8 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2521 vs 1202
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9809 vs 3802
  • 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 37.761 vs 9.947
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 388.248 vs 340.824
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.428 vs 0.982
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 38.889 vs 18.773
  • 6.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 151.016 vs 23.111
  • Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3817 vs 2283
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 3299
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 1913
  • Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3817 vs 2283
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 3299
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 1913
  • 2.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 979 vs 414
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 March 2014 vs 22 March 2012
Pipelines 640 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,155 gflops vs 652.8 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2521 vs 1202
Geekbench - OpenCL 9809 vs 3802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 37.761 vs 9.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 388.248 vs 340.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.428 vs 0.982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.889 vs 18.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 151.016 vs 23.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3817 vs 2283
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3685 vs 3299
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3817 vs 2283
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3685 vs 3299
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 1913
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 979 vs 414

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 239 vs 225
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 239 vs 225

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2521
1202
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
225
239
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9809
3802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
37.761
9.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
388.248
340.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.428
0.982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
38.889
18.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
151.016
23.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3817
2283
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3685
3299
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3817
2283
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3685
3299
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
1913
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
979
414
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2521 1202
PassMark - G2D Mark 225 239
Geekbench - OpenCL 9809 3802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 37.761 9.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 388.248 340.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.428 0.982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.889 18.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 151.016 23.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3817 2283
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3685 3299
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3817 2283
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3685 3299
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 1913
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 979 414

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Kepler
Code name GM107 GK107
Launch date 12 March 2014 22 March 2012
Place in performance rating 896 1188
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

CUDA cores 640 384
Floating-point performance 1,155 gflops 652.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 384
Texture fill rate 36.08 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 45 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,270 million
Boost clock speed 950 MHz

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128bit
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 DDR3\GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3 or GDDR5
Memory clock speed 1800 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
3D Vision
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11