Key Differences
In short — Radeon R9 280X outperforms GeForce GTX 850M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon R9 280X is 155 days older than GeForce GTX 850M.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
- Consumes up to 82% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 280X - 45 vs 250 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 280X
- Performs up to 11% better in Grand Theft Auto V than GeForce GTX 850M - 82 vs 74 FPS
- Up to 50% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M - 3 vs 2 GB
Grand Theft Auto V
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Mobile • Mar 12th, 2014
Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013
Theoretical Performance
Mobile • Mar 12th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
14.43 GPixel/s
45%
Texel Fillrate
36.08 GTexel/s
28%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M | vs | AMD Radeon R9 280X |
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Mar 12th, 2014 | Release Date | Oct 8th, 2013 |
GeForce 800M | Generation | Volcanic Islands |
Not Available | MSRP | $299 |
None | Outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
None | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
2 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
DDR3 | Type | GDDR5 |
128-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
32.03 GB/s | Bandwidth | 288 GB/s |
902 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 850 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1000 MHz |
1001 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1500 MHz |