GeForce GTX 850M

MaxwellGeForce 800M SeriesLaptopDesktopDDR32014Notebook OEM

Key Metrics

Architecture
Maxwell
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.

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Sources

Sources reviewed: 2026-08-13

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Data confidence and source status

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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

Derived datasets and spec dumps

  1. RightNow GPU DatabaseOpen data inventory used for bulk normalization and cross-checking Derived/spec-dump source. Treat as a reference dataset, not independent historical verification.Open source

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