NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M 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, 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), 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 950A

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 39.72 GTexel / s vs 36.08 GTexel / s
Around 10% better floating-point performance: 1,271 gflops vs 1,155 gflops
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2593 vs 2521
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 271 vs 225
Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10220 vs 9809

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 12 March 2014
Texture fill rate	39.72 GTexel / s vs 36.08 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,271 gflops vs 1,155 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2593 vs 2521
PassMark - G2D Mark	271 vs 225
Geekbench - OpenCL	10220 vs 9809

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3817 vs 1973
Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3817 vs 1973
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 2188
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 2188
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3289
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3289

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3817 vs 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3817 vs 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3289
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3289

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2593

2521

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

271

225

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10220

9809

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1973

3817

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1973

3817

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2188

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2188

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3289

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3289

3353

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2593	2521
PassMark - G2D Mark	271	225
Geekbench - OpenCL	10220	9809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1973	3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1973	3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2188	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2188	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3289	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3289	3353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		37.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		388.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		38.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		151.016
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		979

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Maxwell
Code name	GM107	GM107
Launch date	13 March 2015	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	894	896
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz
Core clock speed	914 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,271 gflops	1,155 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	640
Texture fill rate	39.72 GTexel / s	36.08 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,870 million
CUDA cores		640
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on 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
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		DDR3 or GDDR5
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