GeForce GTX 850M vs Quadro P600

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro P600 with GeForce GTX 850M, including specs and performance data.

Quadro P600
2017
4 GB GDDR5, 40 Watt
8.61
+32.1%

P600 outperforms GTX 850M by a substantial 32% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking499572
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.90no data
Power efficiency14.769.93
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameGP107GM107
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date7 February 2017 (7 years ago)12 March 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$178 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores384640
Core clock speed1430 MHzUp to 936 MHz
Boost clock speed1620 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,300 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate38.8836.08
Floating-point processing power1.244 TFLOPS1.155 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs2440

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 sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Standard memory configurationno dataDDR3 or GDDR5
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1252 MHzUp to 2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.13 GB/s80.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs
eDP 1.2 signal supportno dataUp to 3840x2160
LVDS signal supportno dataUp to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display supportno dataUp to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno dataUp to 3840x2160
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-+
Anselno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.75.1
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL3.01.1
Vulkan1.31.1.126
CUDA6.1+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro P600 8.61
+32.1%
GTX 850M 6.52

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro P600 3316
+32%
GTX 850M 2513

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Quadro P600 4655
+6.1%
GTX 850M 4386

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Quadro P600 4083
+32.3%
GTX 850M 3086

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Quadro P600 28957
+32.4%
GTX 850M 21873

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Quadro P600 10629
+9.6%
GTX 850M 9697

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Quadro P600 9750
+12.2%
GTX 850M 8686

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Quadro P600 10634
+14.3%
GTX 850M 9302

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Quadro P600 37
+102%
GTX 850M 19

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Quadro P600 68
+430%
GTX 850M 13

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Quadro P600 38
+1884%
GTX 850M 2

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Quadro P600 40
+178%
GTX 850M 14

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Quadro P600 42
+97.6%
GTX 850M 21

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

Quadro P600 13
+100%
GTX 850M 6

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Quadro P600 3
GTX 850M 9
+203%

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

Quadro P600 37
+102%
GTX 850M 19

SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

Quadro P600 40
+178%
GTX 850M 14

SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

Quadro P600 68
+429%
GTX 850M 13

SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

Quadro P600 38
+1884%
GTX 850M 2

SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

Quadro P600 42
+97.6%
GTX 850M 21

SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

Quadro P600 13
+100%
GTX 850M 6

SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

Quadro P600 3.1
GTX 850M 9.4
+203%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p110−120
+31%
84
−31%
Full HD34
+9.7%
31
−9.7%
4K12−14
+20%
10
−20%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.24no data
4K14.83no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+23.5%
16−18
−23.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Battlefield 5 24−27
+44.4%
18−20
−44.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+21.4%
14−16
−21.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+35.7%
14−16
−35.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+33.3%
18−20
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+32.6%
40−45
−32.6%
Hitman 3 16−18
+23.1%
12−14
−23.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+23.1%
35−40
−23.1%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+44.4%
18−20
−44.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+33.3%
18−20
−33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+27.3%
21−24
−27.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
+11.5%
50−55
−11.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+23.5%
16−18
−23.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Battlefield 5 24−27
+44.4%
18−20
−44.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+21.4%
14−16
−21.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+35.7%
14−16
−35.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+33.3%
18−20
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+32.6%
40−45
−32.6%
Hitman 3 16−18
+23.1%
12−14
−23.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+23.1%
35−40
−23.1%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+44.4%
18−20
−44.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+33.3%
18−20
−33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+27.3%
21−24
−27.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−142%
58
+142%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
+11.5%
50−55
−11.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+23.5%
16−18
−23.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+21.4%
14−16
−21.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+35.7%
14−16
−35.7%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+32.6%
40−45
−32.6%
Hitman 3 16−18
+23.1%
12−14
−23.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+23.1%
35−40
−23.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+27.3%
21−24
−27.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+27.3%
11
−27.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
+11.5%
50−55
−11.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+33.3%
18−20
−33.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+41.7%
12−14
−41.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+66.7%
21−24
−66.7%
Hitman 3 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+28.6%
14−16
−28.6%
Metro Exodus 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+31.7%
40−45
−31.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+27.3%
10−12
−27.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Hitman 3 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+83.3%
18−20
−83.3%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%

This is how Quadro P600 and GTX 850M compete in popular games:

  • Quadro P600 is 31% faster in 900p
  • Quadro P600 is 10% faster in 1080p
  • Quadro P600 is 20% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Quadro P600 is 300% faster.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 850M is 142% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Quadro P600 is ahead in 70 tests (99%)
  • GTX 850M is ahead in 1 test (1%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.61 6.52
Recency 7 February 2017 12 March 2014
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 45 Watt

Quadro P600 has a 32.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 12.5% lower power consumption.

The Quadro P600 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 850M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P600 is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 850M is a notebook one.


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