UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) vs GeForce GTX 850M
Aggregated performance score
UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) outperforms GeForce GTX 850M by a moderate 11% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 536 | 508 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 3.82 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2018) | Gen. 12 (2021) |
| GPU code name | N15P-GT | Alder Lake Xe |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 12 March 2014 (10 years ago) | 4 January 2022 (2 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 | 64 |
| CUDA cores | 640 | no data |
| Core clock speed | Up to 936 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 36.08 | no data |
| Floating-point performance | 1,155 gflops | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on GeForce GTX 850M and UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) 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 | no data |
| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | no data |
| 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 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | no data |
| Standard memory configuration | DDR3 or GDDR5 | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 2500 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 80.0 GB/s | no 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 Connectors | No outputs | no data |
| 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 | + | no data |
| 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 |
| Quick Sync | 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_1 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | no data |
| CUDA | + | no data |
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.
UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) outperforms GeForce GTX 850M by 11% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
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%
UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) outperforms GeForce GTX 850M by 18% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.
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%
UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) outperforms GeForce GTX 850M by 15% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.
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%
UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) outperforms GeForce GTX 850M by 26% 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%
GeForce GTX 850M outperforms UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) by 2% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
Benchmark coverage: 3%
UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) outperforms GeForce GTX 850M by 70% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
Benchmark coverage: 3%
UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) outperforms GeForce GTX 850M by 202% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
Benchmark coverage: 3%
UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) outperforms GeForce GTX 850M by 79% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
Benchmark coverage: 3%
UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) outperforms GeForce GTX 850M by 109% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce GTX 850M outperforms UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) by 15% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) outperforms GeForce GTX 850M by 32% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) outperforms GeForce GTX 850M by 3% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce GTX 850M outperforms UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) by 1467% 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
−7.1%
| 90−95
+7.1%
|
| Full HD | 32
+45.5%
| 22
−45.5%
|
| 1440p | 10−12
−30%
| 13
+30%
|
| 4K | 10
+0%
| 10−12
+0%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11
−80%
|
18
+80%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 12−14
−7.7%
|
14−16
+7.7%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 8−9
−125%
|
18
+125%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 21−24
−9.5%
|
21−24
+9.5%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 18−20
−5.3%
|
20−22
+5.3%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11
−50%
|
15
+50%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16
−20%
|
18
+20%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 16−18
−18.8%
|
19
+18.8%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 21−24
−13.6%
|
24−27
+13.6%
|
| Hitman 3 | 14−16
−107%
|
31
+107%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 12−14
−7.7%
|
14−16
+7.7%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 12−14
−8.3%
|
12−14
+8.3%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 14−16
−20%
|
18
+20%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 10−11
−10%
|
10−12
+10%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 12−14
−7.7%
|
14−16
+7.7%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 8−9
−87.5%
|
15
+87.5%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 21−24
−9.5%
|
21−24
+9.5%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 18−20
−5.3%
|
20−22
+5.3%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11
−10%
|
11
+10%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16
−26.7%
|
19
+26.7%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 16−18
−12.5%
|
18
+12.5%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 21−24
−13.6%
|
24−27
+13.6%
|
| Hitman 3 | 14−16
−60%
|
24
+60%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 12−14
−7.7%
|
14−16
+7.7%
|
| Metro Exodus | 9−10
−22.2%
|
11
+22.2%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 12−14
−8.3%
|
12−14
+8.3%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 14−16
−6.7%
|
16
+6.7%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 21
−9.5%
|
23
+9.5%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 10−11
−10%
|
10−12
+10%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 12−14
−7.7%
|
14−16
+7.7%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 8−9
−12.5%
|
9−10
+12.5%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 21−24
−9.5%
|
21−24
+9.5%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11
−10%
|
10−12
+10%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16
−20%
|
18
+20%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 16−18
+0%
|
16
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 21−24
−13.6%
|
24−27
+13.6%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 11
+0%
|
11
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 10−11
−10%
|
10−12
+10%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−11
−10%
|
10−12
+10%
|
| Hitman 3 | 10−11
−40%
|
14
+40%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 12−14
−8.3%
|
12−14
+8.3%
|
| Metro Exodus | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
−25%
|
5−6
+25%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 9−10
−11.1%
|
10−11
+11.1%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 5−6
−20%
|
6−7
+20%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 5−6
−60%
|
8−9
+60%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−11
−40%
|
14
+40%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 8−9
−25%
|
10−11
+25%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 10−11
−10%
|
10−12
+10%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−20%
|
6−7
+20%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5
−25%
|
5−6
+25%
|
| Hitman 3 | 6−7
−16.7%
|
7−8
+16.7%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4
−33.3%
|
4−5
+33.3%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4
−33.3%
|
4−5
+33.3%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−33.3%
|
4−5
+33.3%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 1−2 |
| Far Cry 5 | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 8−9
−12.5%
|
9−10
+12.5%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
−16.7%
|
7−8
+16.7%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
This is how GTX 850M and UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) compete in popular games:
- UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) is 7% faster in 900p
- GTX 850M is 45% faster in 1080p
- UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) is 30% faster in 1440p
- UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) is 0% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) is 125% faster than the GTX 850M.
All in all, in popular games:
- UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) is ahead in 58 tests (87%)
- there's a draw in 9 tests (13%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 6.48 | 7.17 |
| Recency | 12 March 2014 | 4 January 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 10 nm |
The UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) 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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