Arc 3 A350M vs GeForce GTX 850A

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking798not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.36no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGM107DG2-128
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date17 March 2014 (10 years ago)30 March 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores640768
Core clock speed902 MHzno data
Boost clock speed936 MHz1150 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate37.4455.20
Floating-point processing power1.198 TFLOPS1.766 TFLOPS
ROPs1624
TMUs4048

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno dataIGP

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s96 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA5.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2014 30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 25 Watt

Arc 3 A350M has an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 80% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 850A and Arc 3 A350M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 850A is a notebook card while Arc 3 A350M is a desktop one.


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