Radeon RX Vega Mobile 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 ranking572not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency9.93no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGM107Vega Mobile
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 March 2014 (10 years ago)7 January 2018 (6 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 cores6401792
Core clock speedUp to 936 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt90 Watt
Texture fill rate36.08no data
Floating-point processing power1.155 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs40no data

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 sizedmedium sized
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
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 typeDDR3HBM2
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Standard memory configurationDDR3 or GDDR5no data
Memory bus width128 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 2500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth80.0 GB/sno data
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 data
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)12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.1no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 March 2014 7 January 2018
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 90 Watt

GTX 850M has 100% lower power consumption.

RX Vega Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 850M and Radeon RX Vega Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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