NVIDIA GeForce MX150 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX150 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, 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 MX150

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 46.98 GTexel / s vs 36.08 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 45.905 vs 37.761
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 495.238 vs 388.248
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4330 vs 3817
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3685
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4330 vs 3817
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3685
  • Around 2% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 999 vs 979
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 May 2017 vs 12 March 2014
Texture fill rate 46.98 GTexel / s vs 36.08 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 45.905 vs 37.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 495.238 vs 388.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.965 vs 38.889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4330 vs 3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 vs 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4330 vs 3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 vs 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 999 vs 979

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
  • Around 2% better floating-point performance: 1,155 gflops vs 1,127 gflops
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2521 vs 2259
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 225 vs 213
  • Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9809 vs 9584
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.428 vs 2.365
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 151.016 vs 145.794
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 640 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,155 gflops vs 1,127 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2521 vs 2259
PassMark - G2D Mark 225 vs 213
Geekbench - OpenCL 9809 vs 9584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.428 vs 2.365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 151.016 vs 145.794

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX150
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2259
2521
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
213
225
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9584
9809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
45.905
37.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
495.238
388.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.365
2.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
38.965
38.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
145.794
151.016
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4330
3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4330
3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
999
979
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX150 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2259 2521
PassMark - G2D Mark 213 225
Geekbench - OpenCL 9584 9809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 45.905 37.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 495.238 388.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.365 2.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.965 38.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 145.794 151.016
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4330 3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4330 3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 999 979

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX150 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Maxwell
Code name GP108 GM107
Launch date 17 May 2017 12 March 2014
Place in performance rating 875 896
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1038 MHz
Core clock speed 937 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,127 gflops 1,155 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 640
Texture fill rate 46.98 GTexel / s 36.08 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 45 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 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 PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 48.06 GB / s 80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory 0 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