Radeon HD 8850M Overview

Radeon HD 8850M
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3MOBILE
Release date: 1 Apr 2013
Radeon HD 8850M

Core Configuration

GPU Venus
Architecture AMD_GCN_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 640 : 40 : 16
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 800.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width 128 bit
Memory Speed 1000 MHz
2000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 32.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce 930MX
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 760M
    99%
  • Radeon HD 7870M
    98%
  • GeForce 930M
    97%
  • GeForce 930M
    97%
  • Radeon R9 M270X
    95%
  • Radeon HD 8870M
    95%
  • Radeon R7 M465X
    91%
  • Radeon R9 M360
    91%
  • Radeon R7 M460
    83%
  • Radeon R7 M360
    83%
  • Radeon HD 7850M
    83%
  • GeForce 940MX
    83%
  • Radeon R9 M265X
    77%
  • Radeon HD 8830M
    77%
  • Radeon HD 8850M
    77%
  • GeForce GT 755M
    77%
  • GeForce GT 740M
    77%
  • GeForce 830M
    75%
  • Radeon R7 M350
    75%
  • GeForce 920M
    75%
  • GeForce GT 750M
    74%
  • Radeon R5 M315
    72%
  • Radeon R7 M465
    71%
  • Radeon R7 M365
    71%
  • Radeon R7 M370
    71%
  • Radeon R5 M255
    69%
  • Radeon R7 M260
    69%
  • GeForce 825M
    67%
  • GeForce GT 650M
    67%

Data interpolated by architecture, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon HD 8850M is a graphics card released by AMD on 1 Apr 2013. The graphics card houses the Venus die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_0 architecture which packs 1,500 million transistors on a 28 nm, 123 mm2 die.

Radeon HD 8850M pros and cons

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Mantle
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

Radeon HD 8850MGeForce 930MX
Radeon HD 8850MGeForce 930MX
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Shader units640384
ROPs1616
Graphics processorVenusGM108
Process size28 nm28 nm
Memory2048 Mb DDR3 (1000 MHz
2000 MHz effective)
2048 Mb DDR3 (900 MHz
1800 MHz effective)
Memory bus width128 bit64 bit
Memory bandwidth32.00 Gb/s14.40 Gb/s
Release date1 Apr 20131 Mar 2016