GeForce GTX 850A vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 850A and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 850A and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 850A Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 12-45 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 850A has 275% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
  • GeForce GTX 850A is used in Desktops, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 850A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce GTX 850A and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 1−2 3−4
ultra / 1080p 0−1 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 14−16
medium / 1080p 3−4 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than GeForce GTX 850A.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 850A Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name GM107 Bristol Ridge
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 17 March 2014 1 June 2016
Pipelines 640 384
Core clock speed 902 MHz
Boost Clock 936 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 37.44
Floating-point performance 1,198 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Laptop size medium sized
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