NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE 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 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 36.08 GTexel / s vs 31.2 billion / sec
  • 2.2x more pipelines: 640 vs 288
  • Around 54% better floating-point performance: 1,155 gflops vs 748.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2511 vs 1985
  • Around 47% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9678 vs 6569
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 37.761 vs 18.62
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.428 vs 1.755
  • Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 38.889 vs 24.476
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 151.016 vs 48.203
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3817 vs 3044
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 3491
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3108
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3817 vs 3044
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 3491
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3108
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 March 2014 vs 15 November 2010
Texture fill rate 36.08 GTexel / s vs 31.2 billion / sec
Pipelines 640 vs 288
Floating-point performance 1,155 gflops vs 748.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2511 vs 1985
Geekbench - OpenCL 9678 vs 6569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 37.761 vs 18.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.428 vs 1.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.889 vs 24.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 151.016 vs 48.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3817 vs 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3685 vs 3491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3817 vs 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3685 vs 3491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3108

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

  • Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 359 vs 225
  • Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 635.018 vs 388.248
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 359 vs 225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 635.018 vs 388.248

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2511
1985
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
225
359
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9678
6569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
37.761
18.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
388.248
635.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.428
1.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
38.889
24.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
151.016
48.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3817
3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3685
3491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3817
3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3685
3491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3108
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark 2511 1985
PassMark - G2D Mark 225 359
Geekbench - OpenCL 9678 6569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 37.761 18.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 388.248 635.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.428 1.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.889 24.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 151.016 48.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3817 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3685 3491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3817 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3685 3491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3108
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 979

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Fermi
Code name GM107 GF104
Launch date 12 March 2014 15 November 2010
Place in performance rating 939 942
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $160
Price now $159.99
Value for money (0-100) 15.95

Technical info

CUDA cores 640 288
Floating-point performance 1,155 gflops 748.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 640 288
Texture fill rate 36.08 GTexel / s 31.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,950 million
Core clock speed 1300 MHz
Maximum GPU temperature 104 °C

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, 2 x Dual-Link DVI-I1 x Mini 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
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Number of display connectors 2

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB / s 108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3 or GDDR5
Memory clock speed 1700 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
DSR
Surround