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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce GTX 1050M | Radeon HD 8850M |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 81% | 528% |
| Hitman 3 | 135% | 717% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 65% | 474% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 81% | 528% |
| FIFA 21 | 9% | 217% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 154% | 783% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 60% | 456% |
| Genshin Impact | 81% | 528% |
| The Medium | 126% | 683% |
| Far Cry 6 | 162% | 808% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050M are massively better than the AMD Radeon HD 8850M.
The GeForce GTX 1050M has a 729 MHz higher core clock speed and the same number of Texture Mapping Units as the Radeon HD 8850M. This results in the GeForce GTX 1050M providing 29.2 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 GeForce GTX 1050M has a 729 MHz higher core clock speed and 16 more Render Output Units than the Radeon HD 8850M. This results in the GeForce GTX 1050M providing 33.3 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 GeForce GTX 1050M was released over three years more recently than the Radeon HD 8850M, and so the GeForce GTX 1050M is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the Radeon HD 8850M when running the latest games.
The GeForce GTX 1050M and the Radeon HD 8850M have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The GeForce GTX 1050M has 80.1 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the Radeon HD 8850M, which means that the memory performance of the GeForce GTX 1050M is much better than the Radeon HD 8850M.
Both the GeForce GTX 1050M and the Radeon HD 8850M have 640 Shader Processing Units. While the two GPUs have the same number of SPUs, the actual performance delivered by the GeForce GTX 1050M is 1257 and by the Radeon HD 8850M is 496. Knowing that the shader performance of the GeForce GTX 1050M is superior, it is not necessary to examine the GPUs' respective Texture and Pixel Fill Rates.
The GeForce GTX 1050M transistor size technology is 14 nm (nanometers) smaller than the Radeon HD 8850M. This means that the GeForce GTX 1050M is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the Radeon HD 8850M.
The GeForce GTX 1050M requires 75 Watts to run and the Radeon HD 8850M requires 45 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 300 Watts for the GeForce GTX 1050M. The GeForce GTX 1050M requires 30 Watts more than the Radeon HD 8850M to run. The difference is not significant enough for the GeForce GTX 1050M to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the Radeon HD 8850M.
| Core Speed | 1354 MHz |  | vs | 625 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1455 MHz | | vs | 775 MHz | |
| Architecture | Pascal P107 | GCN 1.1 Venus PRO | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs |
| Fair | |
| Driver Support | Great |
| vs | - | |
| Release Date | 01 Nov 2016 | | vs | 01 Apr 2013 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 10
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vs | 7.2
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| 1600x900 | 10
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vs | 5.5
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| 1920x1080 | 7.9
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vs | 4.1
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| 2560x1440 | 5.8
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vs | 2.6
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| 3840x2160 | 4.2
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vs | 1.8
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| Memory | 2048 MB | | vs | | 2048 MB |
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| Memory Speed | 1752 MHz | | vs | 1000 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | | vs | | 128 Bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | | vs | DDR3 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 112.1GB/sec | | vs | 32GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | |
vs | 256 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | yes | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 640 | | vs | | 640 |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 60% | | vs | 24% | |
| Technology | 14nm | | vs | 28nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 40 | | vs | | 40 |
| Texture Rate | 54.2 GTexel/s | | vs | 25 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 32 | | vs | 16 | |
| Pixel Rate | 43.3 GPixel/s | | vs | 10 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | 4096x2160 | |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 1 | | vs | 0 | |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | 0 | |
| DisplayPort Connections | 1 | | vs | - | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 75 Watts | vs | | 45 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 300 Watts & 27 Amps | - | |||
| DirectX | 12.1 | | vs | 11.1 | |
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| Shader Model | 5 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | 4.2 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | | yes | |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i7-6700HQ 4-Core 2.6GHz | vs | | Intel Core i5-3360M 2.8GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | | 8 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1600x900 | | vs | 1366x768 | |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview The latest GeForce GTX 1050m is Nvidia's lower end graphics card designed for laptops, although they have decided to name both the GTX 1050. They share exactly the same perormance. Designed to compete against AMDs more affordable gaming cards, like the RX 460 or RX 470 and expected to replace the outgoing GTX 960. Architecture The Pascal Architecture aims for twice as much performance as the Maxwell Architecture and Introduces support for Second Gen HBM. GPU It equips a GPU Codenamed GP107-400 which has 5 SM activated and thus 640 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 32 ROPs. The central unit runs at 1354MHz and goes up to 1455MHz with the Boost Clock. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 128-bit memory interface, while the memory clock Operates at 3504MHz which is outstanding. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 75W, it relies entirely on the PCI Slot for power, meaning no extra connectors are required. Performance The GTX 1050 will enable mid level graphics performance on modern AAA 2016 released games. Although there will be variations on this frame rate we expect this card to deliver around 50+ FPS on medium graphics settings at a 1080p screen resolution. Comparatively, this card will have slightly faster performance than the GTX 960. System Suggestions The GeForce GTX 1050 is best suited for resolutions up to and including 1920x1080, so our recommendation would be to use 1600x900 in order to get the most out of your settings. We recommend a high-end processor such as the i7-6700HQ and 8GB of RAM for optimal performance. | Overview Radeon HD 8850M 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 625MHz and goes up to 775MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of DDR3, through a 128-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is exaggerated and in no way benefits the GPU. The memory clock operates at 1000MHz. 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 somewhat above NVIDIA's GeForce GT 750M. System Suggestions We recommend a Decent Processor (Intel Core i5 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a system with Radeon HD 8850M. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||