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    GeForce GTX 850M vs Radeon R9 M290X

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 850M and Radeon R9 M290X, 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 R9 M290X, check out specs charts below.
    GeForce GTX 850M Check Price
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    GeForce GTX 850M and Radeon R9 M290X are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 850M and Radeon R9 M290X 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 R9 M290X here:

    GeForce GTX 850M Laptops
    Radeon R9 M290X Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 850M Radeon R9 M290X
    Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M290X has 122% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 850M.
    • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • GeForce GTX 850M and Radeon R9 M290X have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 850M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 M290X - with GCN.
    • GeForce GTX 850M and Radeon R9 M290X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 12−14 16−18
    ultra / 1080p 8−9 10−11
    QHD / 1440p 2−3 4−5
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 27−30 30−35
    medium / 1080p 16−18 20−22
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 30% more, than GeForce GTX 850M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 850M Radeon R9 M290X
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name N15P-GT Neptune
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2014 7 January 2014
    Pipelines 640 1280
    Core clock speed 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 36.08 72.00
    Floating-point performance 1,155 gflops 2,304 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1200 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB/s 153.6 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 x16
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 153 Mh/s 300 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized large
    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 +
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 1.8 Mh/s
    Compute units 20
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