AMD Radeon HD 8850M
The AMD Radeon HD 8850M is a graphics card released on January 1, 2013, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 640 shading units, 2 GB of GDDR5 memory and a boost clock of 725 MHz. It scores 973 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.
Depth: 29 recorded fields
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, AMD.com Specifications and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The AMD Radeon HD 8850M scores 973 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 53.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,406), measured across 14 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 502.
Theoretical throughput
Texture fill rate (29 GTexel/s) is calculated by Feex from stored specifications, not stated by AMD.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon HD 8850M states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 575,725 MHz, DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4, first benchmarked on 2015-04-24. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Not to be confused with
This page covers the AMD Radeon HD 8850M specifically. It is a different product from AMD Radeon HD 8850M / R9 M265X, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.
Graphics processor
The AMD Radeon HD 8850M is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Venus Pro graphics processor and is manufactured on a 28 nm process.
Shader configuration
The AMD Radeon HD 8850M has 640 shading units, 10 compute units, 40 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.
The AMD Radeon HD 8850M does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon HD 8850M.
Clock speeds
The AMD Radeon HD 8850M boosts to 725 MHz.
Memory
The AMD Radeon HD 8850M is equipped with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory.
Board and power
The AMD Radeon HD 8850M it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.
Market
The AMD Radeon HD 8850M was released on January 1, 2013.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The AMD Radeon HD 8850M supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.
CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon HD 8850M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon HD 8850M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon HD 8850M.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon HD 8850M have?
The AMD Radeon HD 8850M has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory.
How fast is the AMD Radeon HD 8850M?
The AMD Radeon HD 8850M scores 973 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 53.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,406.
What bus interface does the AMD Radeon HD 8850M use?
The AMD Radeon HD 8850M connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.
When was the AMD Radeon HD 8850M released?
The AMD Radeon HD 8850M was released on January 1, 2013.
Corrections to this record
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- Architecture: GCN (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip Venus -> GCN 1. Sources: Wikipedia: List of AMD graphics processing units (revision 1376670003).
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