Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce GTX 950M 2GB | Radeon HD 8850M v2 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 205% | 465% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 179% | 417% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 170% | 400% |
| FIFA 21 | 54% | 185% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 330% | 695% |
| Far Cry 6 | 342% | 718% |
| Genshin Impact | 205% | 465% |
| Hitman 3 | 297% | 635% |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 195% | 445% |
| World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | 338% | 710% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M 2GB are significantly better than the AMD Radeon HD 8850M v2.
The GTX 950M has a 389 MHz higher core clock speed and the same number of Texture Mapping Units as the HD 8850M. This results in the GTX 950M providing 15.6 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GTX 950M has a 389 MHz higher core clock speed than the HD 8850M and the same number of Render Output Units. This results in the GTX 950M providing 6.2 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The GTX 950M was released over a year more recently than the HD 8850M, and so the GTX 950M is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the HD 8850M.
The GeForce GTX 950M 2GB and the Radeon HD 8850M v2 have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The GTX 950M has 8 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the HD 8850M, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 950M is marginally better than the HD 8850M.
Both the GeForce GTX 950M 2GB and the Radeon HD 8850M v2 have 640 Shader Processing Units. While the two GPUs have the same number of SPUs, the actual performance delivered by the GTX 950M is 858 and by the HD 8850M is 464. Knowing that the shader performance of the GTX 950M is superior, it is not necessary to examine the GPUs' respective Texture and Pixel Fill Rates.
The GeForce GTX 950M 2GB requires 50 Watts to run and the Radeon HD 8850M v2 requires 45 Watts. The GTX 950M requires 5 Watts more than the HD 8850M to run. The difference is not significant enough for the GTX 950M to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the HD 8850M.
| Core Speed | 914 MHz |  | vs | 525 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 993 MHz | | vs | 725 MHz | |
| Architecture | Maxwell GM107-N16P-GT | GCN 1.1 Venus PRO | |||
| OC Potential | Good |
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vs | Fair | |
| Driver Support | Great |
| vs | - | |
| Release Date | 12 Mar 2015 | | vs | 01 Apr 2013 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 9.9
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vs | 7.5
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| 1600x900 | 7.8
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vs | 5.8
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| 1920x1080 | 6
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vs | 4.4
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| 2560x1440 | 4.3
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vs | 2.8
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| 3840x2160 | 2.6
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vs | 1.8
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| Memory | 2048 MB | | vs | | 2048 MB |
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| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz | | vs | 1125 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | | vs | | 128 Bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | | vs | | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 80GB/sec | | vs | 72GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 2048 KB | |
vs | 256 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 640 | | vs | | 640 |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 41% | | vs | 22% | |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | | 28nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 40 | | vs | | 40 |
| Texture Rate | 36.6 GTexel/s | | vs | 21 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 16 | | vs | | 16 |
| Pixel Rate | 14.6 GPixel/s | | vs | 8.4 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2160 | | vs | | 4096x2160 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 50 Watts | vs | | 45 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 12.0 | | vs | 11.1 | |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | 4.2 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i5-4340M 2.9GHz | vs | | Intel Core i5-3360M 2.8GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | | 8 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | | vs | 1600x900 | |
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| Mini Review | Overview GeForce GTX 950M 2GB is a Performance Mobile Graphics Card based on the first variant of the Maxwell architecture. Architecture The first variant of the Maxwell Architecture succeeds the Kepler Architecture. Despite being also manufactured with a 28nm technology, it has an extremely large L2 Cache which allows NVIDIA to produce Graphics Cards with relatively small memory data transfer rates, without causing too much impact on the overall performance. Furthermore, the Shaders have been redesigned and are both more powerful and energy efficient. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed GM107-N16P-GT which has 5 SM activated and thus offers 640 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The central unit runs at 914MHz and goes up to 993MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 128-bit memory interface. The memory clock operates at 1253MHz. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. Features DirectX 12 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for GameStream, G-SYNC, GPU Boost 2.0, GeForce Experience, PhysX and other technologies. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 50W, it may be equipped in average sized notebooks. Performance Because GeForce GTX 950M 2GB is just a higher clocked GeForce GTX 850M v2 2GB, its performance is only about 5% faster than its predecessors and so GeForce GTX 860M 2GB is still faster. Still, it still offers decent gaming at 1920x1080 and most modern games should run fluently at high settings. System Suggestions We recommend a strong processor (Intel Core i5 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a notebook with GeForce GTX 950M 2GB. | Overview Radeon HD 8850M v2 is a Performance Mobile Graphics Card based on the Second Revision of the GCN Architecture. Architecture The GCN 1.1 Release adds support for AMD's TrueAudio Technology which does calculations of audio effects "better" than the CPU and further improves the Powertune Technology. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed Venus PRO which has 10 Compute Units activated and thus offers 640 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The Central Unit Initially Operates at 525MHz and goes up to 725MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 128-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. The memory clock operates at 1125MHz. Features DirectX 11.0 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for Crossfire, PowerTune Technology, Eyefinity, App Acceleration, HD3D, ZeroCore Power and other technologies. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 45W, it is suited for 17" or larger laptops. Performance Gaming benchmarks put its performance on average with NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 660M. System Suggestions We recommend a Decent Processor (Intel Core i5 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a system with Radeon HD 8850M v2. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||