GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 860M vs 850M among Laptop GPUs over 35W TDP

Gaming

GeForce GTX 860M
6.2
GeForce GTX 850M
5.8
GeForce GTX 960M
6.5
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more

Graphics

GeForce GTX 860M
6.6
GeForce GTX 850M
5.4
GeForce GTX 960M
6.6
T-Rex, Manhattan, Sky Diver Factor and Fire Strike Factor

Computing

GeForce GTX 860M
6.7
GeForce GTX 850M
6.3
GeForce GTX 960M
7.0
Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more

Performance per Watt

GeForce GTX 860M
7.3
GeForce GTX 850M
7.4
GeForce GTX 960M
7.6
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 31 more

Value

GeForce GTX 860M
5.3
GeForce GTX 850M
5.4
GeForce GTX 960M
5.6
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 31 more

Noise and Power

GeForce GTX 860M
9.1
GeForce GTX 850M
9.8
GeForce GTX 960M
9.1
TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more
6.4

Overall Score

GeForce GTX 860M
6.4
GeForce GTX 850M
6.0
GeForce GTX 960M
6.7

Winner
Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M 

GPUBoss recommends the Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M  based on its gaming, benchmarks and compute performance.

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of GeForce GTX 860M

Reasons to consider the
Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M

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Much better T-Rex score 3,359.92 vs 2,606.42 Around 30% better T-Rex score
Better 3DMark 11 graphics score 23,220.5 vs 16,135 Around 45% better 3DMark 11 graphics score
Significantly higher effective memory clock speed 5,012 MHz vs 2,002 MHz More than 2.5x higher effective memory clock speed
Higher clock speed 1,020 MHz vs 902 MHz Around 15% higher clock speed
Better 3DMark vantage graphics score 18,276.5 vs 14,358.5 More than 25% better 3DMark vantage graphics score
Much higher diablo III framerate 105.24 fps vs 61 fps Around 75% higher diablo III framerate
Higher memory bandwidth 80.2 GB/s vs 32 GB/s More than 2.5x higher memory bandwidth
Slightly better PassMark score 1,719 vs 1,499 Around 15% better PassMark score
Significantly higher crysis 3 framerate 18.75 fps vs 14 fps Around 35% higher crysis 3 framerate
Higher turbo clock speed 1,085 MHz vs 936 MHz More than 15% higher turbo clock speed
Higher memory clock speed 1,253 MHz vs 1,001 MHz More than 25% higher memory clock speed
Higher BioShock infinite framerate 41.57 fps vs 28.4 fps More than 45% higher BioShock infinite framerate
Higher metro: last light framerate 27.85 vs 21.85 More than 25% higher metro: last light framerate
Better PassMark direct compute score 1,593 vs 1,215 More than 30% better PassMark direct compute score
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 850M

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Better face detection score 37.72 mPixels/s vs 22.83 mPixels/s More than 65% better face detection score
Lower TDP 45W vs 75W 40% lower TDP

Benchmarks Real world tests of GeForce GTX 860M vs 850M

Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 860M
162.83 mHash/s
GeForce GTX 850M
150.96 mHash/s

Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 860M
22.83 mPixels/s
GeForce GTX 850M
37.72 mPixels/s

T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 860M
3,359.92
GeForce GTX 850M
2,606.42

Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 860M
3,719.08
GeForce GTX 850M
1,764.49

Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

GeForce GTX 860M
33.42
GeForce GTX 850M
26.99

Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

GeForce GTX 860M
253.8
GeForce GTX 850M
225.07

Thief

GeForce GTX 860M
24
GeForce GTX 850M
18.4

Battlefield 4

GeForce GTX 860M
28.85
GeForce GTX 850M
20.4

Comments

Showing 9 comments.
Djimmy Trovy (01:22 PM, July 20, 2015)
Yes, it will.
CHRoOMAX (07:03 PM, June 11, 2015)
Will the gtx 850m use less battery life than the gtx 860m?
efi (09:16 AM, June 7, 2015)
msi ge60 2pc
mohammad (07:05 PM, November 28, 2014)
you think in wrong way.geforce gtx 860m ddr5 is maybe about 15%percent or less, better than geforce gtx 850m ddr5
mohammad (07:02 PM, November 28, 2014)
god knows!
Aleksandras Kubilius (04:01 PM, November 19, 2014)
all depends on resolution. more ram is needed for resolutions over 1080p. between 4 and 2 GB there would be quite small difference.
Bokhari . (11:21 PM, November 2, 2014)
Is there much difference between gtx 860 4GB and same but 2GB version ??
ko (08:50 PM, October 22, 2014)
Most of the 850m's are DDR3. It's not a big difference anyway
opa (01:42 PM, October 15, 2014)
where is GTX 850M gddr5 comparison?
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