AMD Radeon HD 7850 videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 7850

Radeon HD 7850 videocard released by AMD; release date: 5 March 2012. At the time of release, the videocard cost $249. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Pitcairn.

Boost clock speed - 1000 MHz. Texture fill rate - 55.04 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1024. Floating-point performance - 1,761 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 2,800 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 225 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1200 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 153.6 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
3867
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
47.041 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1028.005 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
4.410 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
72.975 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
249.482 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
6173 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3696 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3351 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
6173.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3696.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3351.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
1312
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 3867
PassMark - G2D Mark 564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 47.041 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 1028.005 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 4.410 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 72.975 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 249.482 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 6173 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3696 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3351 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 6173.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3696.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3351.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1312

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Pitcairn
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date 5 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $249
Place in performance rating 533
Price now $449.59
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 11.01

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,761 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 1024
Stream Processors 1200
Texture fill rate 55.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync