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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Graphics Processor
GM107
Cores
640
TMUs
40
ROPs
16
Memory Size
2 GB
Memory Type
DDR3
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
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The GeForce GTX 850M was a mobile graphics chip by NVIDIA, launched on March 12th, 2014. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the GM107 graphics processor, in its N15P-GT-A1 variant, the chip supports DirectX 12. Even though it supports DirectX 12, the feature level is only 11_0, which can be problematic with newer DirectX 12 titles. The GM107 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 148 mm² and 1,870 million transistors. It features 640 shading units, 40 texture mapping units, and 16 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 2,048 MB DDR3 memory with the GeForce GTX 850M, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 902 MHz, memory is running at 1001 MHz.
Its power draw is rated at 45 W maximum. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. Rather it is intended for use in laptop/notebooks and will use the output of the host mobile device. GeForce GTX 850M is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
GM107
GPU Variant
N15P-GT-A1
Architecture
Maxwell
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
Transistors
1,870 million
Density
12.6M / mm²
Die Size
148 mm²
Chip Package
FCBGA-908

Mobile Graphics

Release Date
Mar 12th, 2014
Generation
GeForce 800M
Predecessor
GeForce 700M
Successor
GeForce 900M
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16

Relative Performance

GeForce RTX 5090
3009%
GeForce RTX 4090
2295%
GeForce RTX 5080
1983%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
1771%
GeForce RTX 4080
1756%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
1755%
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
1729%
Radeon RX 9070 XT
1652%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
1511%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
1483%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
1482%
Radeon RX 9070
1480%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
1356%
GeForce RTX 5070
1343%
GeForce RTX 3090
1323%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
1306%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
1264%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
1244%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
1224%
GeForce RTX 4070
1207%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
1195%
GeForce RTX 3080
1176%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
1173%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
1131%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
1050%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
1044%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
1028%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
997%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
995%
Radeon RX 6800
961%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
954%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB
941%
GeForce RTX 3070
931%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
923%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
919%
GeForce RTX 5060
904%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
815%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
800%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
744%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
737%
GeForce RTX 4060
735%
Arc B580
734%
GeForce RTX 5050
715%
GeForce RTX 2080
709%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
694%
Radeon RX 7600
693%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
659%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
652%
Arc A770
652%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
628%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
619%
Radeon VII
617%
Arc A750
605%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
591%
GeForce RTX 2070
583%
Radeon RX 6600
556%
Arc A580
541%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
540%
Radeon RX Vega 64
517%
GeForce RTX 2060
500%
Radeon RX 5700
498%
GeForce GTX 1080
488%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
479%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
475%
Radeon RX Vega 56
451%
GeForce GTX 1070
435%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
412%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
411%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
390%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
388%
Radeon R9 FURY X
383%
GeForce GTX 1660
379%
Radeon RX 590
358%
Radeon R9 FURY
349%
GeForce GTX 980
344%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
341%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
337%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
334%
Radeon RX 580
331%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
323%
Radeon R9 390X
318%
GeForce GTX 690
314%
Radeon RX 480
312%
Radeon HD 7990
310%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
305%
GeForce GTX 970
297%
Radeon R9 290X
296%
Radeon R9 390
291%
Radeon RX 570
288%
Radeon R9 290
273%
Radeon RX 470
269%
GeForce GTX 1650
253%
Radeon RX 6400
248%
Arc A380
245%
GeForce GTX 780
245%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
221%
GeForce GTX 590
221%
Radeon R9 280X
218%
Radeon HD 6990
212%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
202%
GeForce GTX 680
198%
Radeon R9 380
196%
Radeon HD 7970
196%
GeForce GTX 770
195%
Radeon R9 285
194%
GeForce GTX 960
188%
GeForce GTX 670
183%
Radeon HD 5970
165%
GeForce GTX 1630
165%
Radeon HD 7950
162%
GeForce GTX 1050
162%
GeForce GTX 760
161%
GeForce GTX 580
161%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
160%
Radeon R9 270X
158%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
154%
GeForce GTX 950
153%
Radeon RX 560
144%
GeForce GTX 570
142%
GeForce GTX 660
141%
Radeon RX 460
141%
Radeon R7 370
141%
Radeon HD 6970
136%
GeForce GTX 480
130%
Radeon HD 7850
128%
GeForce GTX 295
125%
Radeon HD 6950
121%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
120%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
118%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
118%
Radeon HD 5870
114%
Radeon HD 6870
107%
GeForce GTX 470
103%
GeForce GTX 850M
100%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
99%
Radeon HD 5850
97%
GeForce GTX 285
90%
Radeon HD 6850
89%
GeForce GTX 280
83%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
83%
GeForce GTX 275
82%
GeForce GT 1030
82%
GeForce GTX 460
80%
Radeon HD 4890
77%
Radeon HD 6790
76%
Radeon HD 5830
72%
GeForce GTX 650
68%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
68%
Radeon HD 4870
67%
GeForce GTX 260
66%
Radeon HD 5770
65%
Radeon HD 7750
65%
Radeon HD 5750
57%
GeForce GTS 450
55%
GeForce GTS 250
53%
Radeon HD 4850
52%
Radeon HD 4770
49%
Radeon HD 4830
46%
Radeon HD 6670
45%
GeForce 9800 GT
43%
GeForce GT 640
42%
Radeon HD 5670
39%
GeForce 9600 GT
36%
GeForce GT 240
32%
GeForce GT 440
31%
Radeon HD 4670
30%
Radeon HD 5570
27%
GeForce GT 430
27%
GeForce GT 220
20%
GeForce GT 520
17%
Radeon HD 6450
16%
Radeon HD 5450
13%
Radeon HD 4550
10%
GeForce 9400 GT
8%
GeForce 210
7%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for RTX 3080 and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
902 MHz
Memory Clock
1001 MHz
2 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
2 GB
Memory Type
DDR3
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
32.03 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
640
TMUs
40
ROPs
16
SMM Count
5
L1 Cache
64 KB (per SMM)
L2 Cache
2 MB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
14.43 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
36.08 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
1,154.6 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
36.08 GFLOPS (1:32)

Board Design

Slot Width
IGP
TDP
45 W
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent
Power Connectors
None

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (11_0)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
CUDA
5.0
Shader Model
6.7 (5.1)

GM107 GPU Notes

NVENC: 4th Gen
NVDEC: 1st Gen
PureVideo HD: VP6
VDPAU: Feature Set E

Latest Drivers:
Windows Vista:
GeForce Release 365.19
Quadro Release R346 U7 (348.40) / R352 BETA (352.86)

Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 (x32 / x64):
GeForce Release 391.35 / 474.89
GeForce Mobile Release 391.35 / 425.31
Quadro Release R390 U9 (392.37) / R440 U4 (441.66)
Quadro Mobile Release R390 U9 (392.37) / R418 U9 (426.78)

WIndows 10 / 11 (x32 / x64):
GeForce Release 391.35 / 474.89
GeForce Mobile Release 391.35 / 425.31
Quadro Release R390 U9 (392.37) / R470 U16 (474.82)
Quadro Mobile Release R390 U9 (392.37) / R418 U9 (426.78)

Devices based on this design (3)

Name GPU Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
902 MHz 1001 MHz 4 GB
902 MHz 900 MHz 4 GB
863 MHz 1253 MHz GDDR5
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