GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile vs GTX 850M
Aggregate performance score
RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 850M by a whopping 471% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 540 | 116 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 3.92 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2018) | Ampere (2020−2022) |
| GPU code name | N15P-GT | GN20-E5 GA104 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 12 March 2014 (10 years ago) | 4 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Current price | $163 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 640 | 5120 |
| CUDA cores | 640 | no data |
| Core clock speed | Up to 936 MHz | 780 - 1100 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1290 - 1620 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 125 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 36.08 | 287.0 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,155 gflops | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on GeForce GTX 850M and GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| 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 | + | no data |
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, GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Standard memory configuration | DDR3 or GDDR5 | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 2500 MHz | 14000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80.0 GB/s | 320.0 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 | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 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 | + | no data |
| 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | + | no data |
| TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming | + | no data |
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 | + | no data |
| Optimus | + | no data |
| Ansel | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2 |
| CUDA | + | 8.5 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance 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.
RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 850M by 471% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 850M by 471% in Passmark.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 850M by 675% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.
3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 850M by 386% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 850M by 726% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 850M by 524% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
Benchmark coverage: 3%
RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 850M by 976% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
Benchmark coverage: 3%
RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 850M by 436% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
Benchmark coverage: 3%
RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 850M by 484% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
Benchmark coverage: 3%
RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 850M by 655% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 850M by 163% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 850M by 784% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 850M by 832% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms GTX 850M by 29% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01.
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
−436%
| 450−500
+436%
|
| Full HD | 33
−245%
| 114
+245%
|
| 1440p | 12−14
−525%
| 75
+525%
|
| 4K | 11
−336%
| 48
+336%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11
−1090%
|
119
+1090%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 12−14
−408%
|
65−70
+408%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 7−8
−1200%
|
91
+1200%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 18−20
−567%
|
120−130
+567%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 14−16
−443%
|
75−80
+443%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11
−970%
|
107
+970%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16
−479%
|
80−85
+479%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 18−20
−417%
|
90−95
+417%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35
−510%
|
189
+510%
|
| Hitman 3 | 12−14
−850%
|
114
+850%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 30−33
−563%
|
199
+563%
|
| Metro Exodus | 16−18
−581%
|
100−110
+581%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 18−20
−406%
|
90−95
+406%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 21−24
−967%
|
224
+967%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 24−27
−242%
|
89
+242%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 12−14
−408%
|
65−70
+408%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 7−8
−986%
|
76
+986%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 18−20
−567%
|
120−130
+567%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 14−16
−443%
|
75−80
+443%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11
−780%
|
88
+780%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16
−479%
|
80−85
+479%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 18−20
−417%
|
90−95
+417%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35
−365%
|
140−150
+365%
|
| Hitman 3 | 12−14
−667%
|
92
+667%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 30−33
−400%
|
150−160
+400%
|
| Metro Exodus | 16−18
−681%
|
125
+681%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 18−20
−372%
|
85
+372%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 21−24
−771%
|
183
+771%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 21
−710%
|
170
+710%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 24−27
−596%
|
181
+596%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 12−14
−408%
|
65−70
+408%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 7−8
−871%
|
68
+871%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 14−16
−443%
|
75−80
+443%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11
−640%
|
74
+640%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16
−479%
|
80−85
+479%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35
−439%
|
167
+439%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 30−33
−340%
|
132
+340%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 21−24
−700%
|
168
+700%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 11
−755%
|
94
+755%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 24−27
−131%
|
60
+131%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 18−20
−356%
|
82
+356%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
−492%
|
70−75
+492%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 10−11
−1130%
|
123
+1130%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 6−7
−567%
|
40−45
+567%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2
−5200%
|
53
+5200%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 8−9
−600%
|
56
+600%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−1467%
|
47
+1467%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−11
−810%
|
91
+810%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 10−12
−1173%
|
140
+1173%
|
| Hitman 3 | 10−11
−580%
|
68
+580%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 14−16
−700%
|
112
+700%
|
| Metro Exodus | 6−7
−1417%
|
91
+1417%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 3−4
−4067%
|
125
+4067%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−783%
|
50−55
+783%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 3−4
−1733%
|
55
+1733%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−12
−564%
|
73
+564%
|
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 5−6
−640%
|
35−40
+640%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 4−5
−675%
|
30−35
+675%
|
| Hitman 3 | 3−4
−1167%
|
38
+1167%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 7−8
−571%
|
45−50
+571%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 2−3
−2300%
|
48
+2300%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4
−2033%
|
64
+2033%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 4−5
−525%
|
24−27
+525%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 3−4
−1000%
|
33
+1000%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4
−667%
|
21−24
+667%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 22 |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−633%
|
21−24
+633%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−1229%
|
93
+1229%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 7−8
−800%
|
63
+800%
|
| Metro Exodus | 7−8
−729%
|
58
+729%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3
−1250%
|
27
+1250%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 7−8
−529%
|
44
+529%
|
This is how GTX 850M and RTX 3070 Mobile compete in popular games:
- RTX 3070 Mobile is 436% faster in 900p
- RTX 3070 Mobile is 245% faster in 1080p
- RTX 3070 Mobile is 525% faster in 1440p
- RTX 3070 Mobile is 336% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3070 Mobile is 5200% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, RTX 3070 Mobile surpassed GTX 850M in all 71 of our tests.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 6.51 | 37.19 |
| Recency | 12 March 2014 | 4 January 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 125 Watt |
The GeForce RTX 3070 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.
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