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    GeForce GTX 850M vs Radeon R7 M270

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 850M and Radeon R7 M270, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 850M stacks up against Radeon R7 M270, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 850M and Radeon R7 M270 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 850M and Radeon R7 M270 are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 850M or Radeon R7 M270 here:

    GeForce GTX 850M Laptops
    Radeon R7 M270 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 850M Radeon R7 M270
    Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
    Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 Not Listed
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 850M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon R7 M270 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 850M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 M270 - with GCN.
    • GeForce GTX 850M and Radeon R7 M270 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 12−14 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 8−9 −
    QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
    low / 720p 27−30 1−2
    medium / 1080p 16−18 0−1
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 850M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2700% more, than Radeon R7 M270.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 850M Radeon R7 M270
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name N15P-GT Opal XT / Mars
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2014 7 January 2014
    Pipelines 640 384
    Core clock speed 825 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 950 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 36.08 19.80
    Floating-point performance 1,155 gflops 633.6 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit
    Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 640
    Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 153 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized medium sized
    Standard memory configuration DDR3 or GDDR5
    eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
    LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
    HDCP content protection +
    7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI +
    TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 1.8 Mh/s
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