GeForce GTX 850A vs Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS and GeForce GTX 850A, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS outperforms 850A by a whopping 449% 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 | 482 | 957 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 19.26 | 3.12 |
| Architecture | no data | Maxwell (2014−2017) |
| GPU code name | no data | GM107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 26 October 2023 (2 years ago) | 17 March 2014 (11 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 | 1536 | 640 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 902 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1500 MHz | 936 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,870 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 37.44 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 1.198 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 16 |
| TMUs | no data | 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 | no data | 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 | LPDDR5x | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 8448 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 28.8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
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 data | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 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.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 33
+450%
| 6−7
−450%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 55−60
+450%
|
10−11
−450%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24
+600%
|
3−4
−600%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+463%
|
8−9
−463%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 55−60
+450%
|
10−11
−450%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24
+600%
|
3−4
−600%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 40−45
+500%
|
7−8
−500%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 31
+520%
|
5−6
−520%
|
| Fortnite | 60−65
+510%
|
10−11
−510%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 40−45
+450%
|
8−9
−450%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 30−35
+520%
|
5−6
−520%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 35−40
+517%
|
6−7
−517%
|
| Valorant | 95−100
+500%
|
16−18
−500%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+463%
|
8−9
−463%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 55−60
+450%
|
10−11
−450%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 150−160
+463%
|
27−30
−463%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24
+600%
|
3−4
−600%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 40−45
+500%
|
7−8
−500%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 30
+500%
|
5−6
−500%
|
| Fortnite | 60−65
+510%
|
10−11
−510%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 40−45
+450%
|
8−9
−450%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 30−35
+520%
|
5−6
−520%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 36
+500%
|
6−7
−500%
|
| Metro Exodus | 20−22
+567%
|
3−4
−567%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 35−40
+517%
|
6−7
−517%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 41
+486%
|
7−8
−486%
|
| Valorant | 95−100
+500%
|
16−18
−500%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+463%
|
8−9
−463%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24
+600%
|
3−4
−600%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 40−45
+500%
|
7−8
−500%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 27
+575%
|
4−5
−575%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 40−45
+450%
|
8−9
−450%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 35−40
+517%
|
6−7
−517%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 22
+450%
|
4−5
−450%
|
| Valorant | 95−100
+500%
|
16−18
−500%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 60−65
+510%
|
10−11
−510%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 18−20
+533%
|
3−4
−533%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 75−80
+450%
|
14−16
−450%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
+600%
|
2−3
−600%
|
| Metro Exodus | 10−12
+450%
|
2−3
−450%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 50−55
+478%
|
9−10
−478%
|
| Valorant | 110−120
+522%
|
18−20
−522%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 24−27
+550%
|
4−5
−550%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9
+700%
|
1−2
−700%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 20−22
+567%
|
3−4
−567%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 21−24
+600%
|
3−4
−600%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 24−27
+500%
|
4−5
−500%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 14−16
+600%
|
2−3
−600%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 21−24
+450%
|
4−5
−450%
|
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 21−24
+600%
|
3−4
−600%
|
| Metro Exodus | 6−7
+500%
|
1−2
−500%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14
+500%
|
2−3
−500%
|
| Valorant | 50−55
+500%
|
9−10
−500%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
+550%
|
2−3
−550%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Escape from Tarkov | 9−10
+800%
|
1−2
−800%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−11
+900%
|
1−2
−900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
+467%
|
3−4
−467%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11
+900%
|
1−2
−900%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 10−11
+900%
|
1−2
−900%
|
This is how Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS and GTX 850A compete in popular games:
- Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS is 450% faster in 1080p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 10.04 | 1.83 |
| Recency | 26 October 2023 | 17 March 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 45 Watt |
Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS has a 448.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 600% more advanced lithography process, and 12.5% lower power consumption.
The Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 850A in performance tests.
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