GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile vs GTX 850M

Place in the ranking	572	209
Place by popularity	not in top-100	53
Power efficiency	9.93	24.05
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GM107	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 March 2014 (10 years ago)	11 May 2021 (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 cores	640	2560
Core clock speed	Up to 936 MHz	735 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1035 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	36.08	82.80
Floating-point processing power	1.155 TFLOPS	5.299 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	48
TMUs	40	80
Tensor Cores	no data	80
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20

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 size	medium sized	large
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
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 type	DDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Standard memory configuration	DDR3 or GDDR5	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 2500 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB/s	192.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200	no data
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160	no 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	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	+	8.6

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.

GTX 850M 6.52

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 26.31
+304%

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.

GTX 850M 2513

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 10139
+303%

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.

GTX 850M 4386

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 18057
+312%

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.

GTX 850M 3086

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 13360
+333%

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.

GTX 850M 21873

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 72925
+233%

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:

900p	84 −257%	300−350 +257%
Full HD	31 −142%	75 +142%
1440p	10−12 −320%	42 +320%
4K	10 −150%	25 +150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

10−11

−520%

62
+520%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −224%	55−60 +224%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −650%	60 +650%
Battlefield 5	18−20 −356%	80−85 +356%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −264%	50−55 +264%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −490%	59 +490%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −314%	55−60 +314%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −261%	65−70 +261%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −240%	140−150 +240%
Hitman 3	12−14 −515%	80 +515%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −195%	110−120 +195%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −694%	143 +694%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 −444%	98 +444%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 −286%	85−90 +286%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 −344%	231 +344%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −224%	55−60 +224%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −338%	35 +338%
Battlefield 5	18−20 −356%	80−85 +356%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −264%	50−55 +264%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −350%	45 +350%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −314%	55−60 +314%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −261%	65−70 +261%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −240%	140−150 +240%
Hitman 3	12−14 −492%	77 +492%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −195%	110−120 +195%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −533%	114 +533%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 −333%	78 +333%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 −377%	105 +377%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	58 +7.4%	50−55 −7.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 −290%	203 +290%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −224%	55−60 +224%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −225%	26 +225%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −264%	50−55 +264%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −300%	40 +300%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −314%	55−60 +314%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −240%	140−150 +240%
Hitman 3	12−14 −415%	67 +415%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −136%	92 +136%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 −309%	90 +309%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	11 −355%	50 +355%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +85.7%	28 −85.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

−350%

81
+350%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −292%	45−50 +292%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −280%	35−40 +280%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −333%	24−27 +333%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −1200%	26 +1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −367%	27−30 +367%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −633%	22 +633%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −314%	27−30 +314%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −581%	140−150 +581%
Hitman 3	10−11 −360%	46 +360%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −393%	69 +393%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −900%	60 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4 −1933%	61 +1933%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −417%	30−35 +417%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −239%	139 +239%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12

−409%

56
+409%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −400%	24−27 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −375%	18−20 +375%
Hitman 3	3−4 −567%	20 +567%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −611%	120−130 +611%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −1075%	47 +1075%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −867%	29 +867%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −275%	14−16 +275%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −333%	12−14 +333%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	10
Far Cry 5	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −386%	30−35 +386%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −3300%	34 +3300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −400%	10 +400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−314%

29
+314%

This is how GTX 850M and RTX 3050 Ti Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 257% faster in 900p
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 142% faster in 1080p
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 320% faster in 1440p
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 150% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 850M is 86% faster.
in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 3300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 850M is ahead in 2 tests (3%)
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is ahead in 69 tests (97%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.52	26.31
Recency	12 March 2014	11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	75 Watt

GTX 850M has 66.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, on the other hand, has a 303.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 850M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.