Playstation 5 GPU vs GeForce GTX 850M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking570not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.08no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM107Oberon Plus
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date12 March 2014 (10 years ago)28 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

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 cores6402304
Core clock speedUp to 936 MHz2233 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2233 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million10,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt180 Watt
Texture fill rate36.08321.6
Floating-point processing power1.155 TFLOPS10.29 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs40144

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Lengthno data390 mm
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+-

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 GB16 GB
Standard memory configurationDDR3 or GDDR5no data
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 2500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.0 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)N/A
Shader Model5.1N/A
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.11.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 March 2014 28 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 180 Watt

GTX 850M has 300% lower power consumption.

Playstation 5 GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 850M and Playstation 5 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 850M is a notebook card while Playstation 5 GPU is a desktop one.


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