GeForce GTX 850A vs ATI Mobility Radeon
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Mobility Radeon and GeForce GTX 850A, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
850A outperforms Mobility by an impressive 55% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1105 | 965 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 3.13 |
| Architecture | Rage 6 (2000−2007) | Maxwell (2014−2017) |
| GPU code name | M6 | GM107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 December 2001 (24 years ago) | 17 March 2014 (12 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 | no data | 640 |
| Core clock speed | 144 MHz | 902 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 936 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 30 million | 1,870 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 180 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.43 | 37.44 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 1.198 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 1 | 16 |
| TMUs | 3 | 40 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 320 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 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).
| Interface | AGP 4x | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
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 | DDR | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 MB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 144 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 2.304 GB/s | 28.8 GB/s |
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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 7.0 | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 5.0 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.18 | 1.83 |
| Recency | 1 December 2001 | 17 March 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 MB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 28 nm |
GTX 850A has a 55% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 543% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce GTX 850A is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon in performance tests.
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