GeForce GTX 850M

Key Metrics

Launch Date
2014-03-12
CUDA Cores
640
Memory
2 GB DDR3
Memory Bandwidth
32.03 GB/s
TDP/TBP
45 W
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Why It Mattered

GeForce GTX 850M matters as a mobile GeForce 800M Series implementation from the Maxwell generation around 2014. Laptop GPU names often hide large differences in power limits, cooling, memory, and OEM firmware, so tracking the exact variant explains why similarly named systems can perform differently.

Sources

Primary / manufacturer sources

  1. NVIDIA GeForce 800M line card (May 2014, Spanish)Official NVIDIA notebook-GPU line card listing memory-interface widths for the original GeForce 800M lineupOpen source

Independent reference sources

  1. TechPowerUp GPU SpecsModel-level specification reference for this GPU entryOpen source

Reference databases

  1. RightNow GPU DatabaseOpen GPU database used to cross-check specifications A reference database: good for cross-checking specifications, but not proof of the original release details on its own.Open source