Arc Pro A50 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 ranking629not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.31no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGM107DG2-128
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date12 March 2014 (11 years ago)8 August 2022 (3 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 cores6401024
Core clock speedUp to 936 MHz2000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2350 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate36.08150.4
Floating-point processing power1.155 TFLOPS4.813 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs4064
Ray Tracing Coresno data8
L1 Cache320 KBno data
L2 Cache2 MB4 MB

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno data2-slot
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 GB6 GB
Standard memory configurationDDR3 or GDDR5no data
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 2500 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.0 GB/s192.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0
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 and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 March 2014 8 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 850M has 66.7% lower power consumption.

Arc Pro A50, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 850M and Arc Pro A50. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 850M is a notebook graphics card while Arc Pro A50 is a workstation one.

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