NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M GDDR5 vs Apple 4-Core A18 Full Specs
640 Shaders 876MHz | 512 Shaders 1.34GHz |
2GB GDDR580GB/s placeholder | Shared Memory60GB/sLPDDR5X |
·· 1.12 TFLOPS | ·· 1.37 TFLOPS |
Form Factor Soldered | Form Factor iGPU |
TDP 40W | TDP Shared |
Clock Speed ·· | Clock Speed ·· |
Peak OPS 1.12 TFLOPSFP32 | Peak OPS 1.37 TFLOPSFP16 |
FP32 1.12 TFLOPS | FP32 1.37 TFLOPS |
FP64 35.04 GFLOPS | - |
Pixel Rate 14 GPixel/s | Pixel Rate 21.4 GPixel/s |
Texture Rate 35 GTexel/s | Texture Rate 42.8 GTexel/s |
Shaders 640 Shaders | Shaders 512 Shaders |
TMUs 40 TMUs | TMUs 32 TMUs |
ROPs 16 ROPs | ROPs 16 ROPs |
RT Cores - | RT Cores 4 RT-Cores |
SMs 5 SMs | EUs 64 EUs |
Boost Clock 876MHz | Boost Clock 1.34GHz |
L2 Cache 2MB shared | L2 Cache 768KB shared |
2GB GDDR5 placeholder | Shared MemoryLPDDR5X |
Memory Bus 128-bit | Memory Bus 64-bit |
Memory Speed 5GT/s | Memory Speed 7.5GT/s |
Memory Bandwidth 80GB/s | Memory Bandwidth 60GB/s |
TDP 40W | TDP Shared |
Multi-Monitor 2 | Multi-Monitor 1 |
Encoder Model NVENC 2 | Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 3 |
Decoder Model NVDEC 1 | Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3 |
Form Factor Soldered | Form Factor iGPU |
Manufacturer | Manufacturer |
Chip Designer | Chip Designer |
Architecture | Architecture |
Family | Family |
Branding ![]() | Branding ![]() |
Codename NV117 | Codename G17A |
Chip Variant GM107-220-A2 | Chip Variant - |
Market Segment Laptop | Market Segment Smartphone |
Release Date Mar 12, 2014 | Release Date Feb 19, 2025 |
Foundry TSMC | Foundry TSMC |
Fabrication Node 28nm | Fabrication Node N3E |
Die Size 148mm² | Die Size 90mm² |
Transistor Count 1.9 Billion | Transistor Count 15.5 Billion |
Transistor Density 12.64 MTr/mm² | Transistor Density 172 MTr/mm² |
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CPUs - | CPUs |
Smartphones - | Smartphones |



