NVIDIA GeForce 825M
The NVIDIA GeForce 825M (sometimes also called GT 825M) is a middle class DirectX 12 graphics card. It is based on the 28 nm Kepler architecture and uses the same GK208 chip as the GeForce GT 730M and 740M.
Architecture
GK208 is based on the Kepler architecture and offers two shader blocks, called SMX, each with 192 shaders for a total of 384 shader cores. The shaders are clocked at the same speed as the rest of the chip. Furthermore, the GK208 chip has 16 TMUs and 8 ROPs on a 64-bit memory interface.
PCIe 3.0 is now supported by the mobile Kepler series and GPU Boost 2.0 mode can automatically overclock the card if the laptop cooling system allows it. This feature is available on any notebook with a graphics card from the 800M series.
Performance
According to our benchmarks, the performance of the GeForce 825M is somewhere between the GT 730M and GT 740M. Current games (as of 2013/2014) can thus be played in 1366 x 768 and medium settings. However, very demanding games such as Crysis 3 or Battlefield 4 will require lower resolutions and/or details.
Features
The feature set of the 825M corresponds to the GT 730M and 740M. This includes support for up to 4 active displays. Furthermore, high resolution monitors of up to 3840x2160 pixels can now be connected using DisplayPort 1.2 or HDMI 1.4a if available. HD-Audio codecs, such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD, can be transmitted via bitstream mode through the HDMI port. However, as most laptops will feature Optimus, the integrated GPU will likely have direct control over the display ports and may limit the feature set available by the Nvidia Kepler cards.
The 5th generation PureVideo HD video processor (VP5) offers hardware decoding of HD videos. Common codecs such as MPEG-1/2, MPEG-4 ASP, H.264 and VC1/WMV9 are fully supported up to 4K resolutions while VC1 and MPEG-4 are supported up to 1080p. Two streams can be decoded in parallel for features such as Picture-in-Picture. Another feature is the inclusion of a dedicated video encoding engine similar to Intel QuickSync that can be accessed via the NVENCI API.
Power Consumption
The power consumption of the GeForce 825M should be similar to the GT 730M. As a result, the Nvidia GPU is best suited for multimedia notebooks 14-inches in size or greater. The 800M series also supports Optimus to automatically switch between an integrated graphics card and the Nvidia GPU.
GeForce 800M Series
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| Architecture | Kepler | |||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 384 - unified | |||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 850 MHz | |||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | |||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 64 Bit | |||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | DDR3 | |||||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 2048 MB | |||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | |||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3 | |||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 33 Watt | |||||||||||||||
| Transistor Count | 1.3 Billion | |||||||||||||||
| technology | 28 nm | |||||||||||||||
| Features | Optimus, PhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, 3D Vision, 3DTV Play | |||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | medium sized | |||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 27.01.2014 | |||||||||||||||
Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
Titanfall
2014
Thief
2014
X-Plane 10.25
2013
Call of Duty: Ghosts
2013
Battlefield 4
2013
F1 2013
2013
Fifa 14
2013
Total War: Rome II
2013
Saints Row IV
2013
Dota 2
2013
Company of Heroes 2
2013
GRID 2
2013
Metro: Last Light
2013
BioShock Infinite
2013
SimCity
2013
Tomb Raider
2013
Crysis 3
2013
Dead Space 3
2013
Hitman: Absolution
2012
World of Warcraft
2005| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titanfall | 35.5 | 22.8 | ||||
| Thief | 26.2 | 15.5 | 12.4 | |||
| Assassin´s Creed IV: Black Flag | 37.6 | 29.2 | 15.4 | |||
| X-Plane 10.25 | 43.1 | 25.4 | 11.3 | |||
| Need for Speed: Rivals | 30 | 25.6 | 22.7 | |||
| Call of Duty: Ghosts | 60.4 | 42.5 | 18.7 | |||
| Battlefield 4 | 51.2 | 34.7 | 24.7 | |||
| Batman: Arkham Origins | 80 | 48 | 22 | |||
| F1 2013 | 80 | 70 | 28 | |||
| Fifa 14 | 84.5 | |||||
| Total War: Rome II | 61.9 | |||||
| Saints Row IV | 50.5 | 39.7 | 15 | |||
| The Bureau: XCOM Declassified | 39.4 | 34.2 | 22.7 | |||
| Splinter Cell: Blacklist | 49.5 | 33.9 | 16.1 | |||
| Dota 2 | 74.8 | 26.9 | ||||
| Company of Heroes 2 | 21.6 | 20.8 | ||||
| GRID 2 | 70.8 | 49.5 | 13.4 | |||
| Metro: Last Light | 33.4 | 24.5 | 15 | |||
| BioShock Infinite | 69.2 | 37.5 | 31.1 | |||
| StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | 79.7 | 41.8 | 14.4 | |||
| SimCity | 70.7 | 34.4 | 24.4 | |||
| Tomb Raider | 91 | 44 | 24 | |||
| Crysis 3 | 32.2 | 19.1 | ||||
| Dead Space 3 | 53.6 | 42.2 | ||||
| Hitman: Absolution | 44.9 | 28.5 | 13.3 | |||
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | 57.2 | 38.3 | 27.1 | |||
| World of Warcraft | 96 | 31 | ||||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 2 11 6 | 8 12 5 | 16 5 1 | 4 1 | | |
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