AMD Radeon HD 8850M videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 8850M

Radeon HD 8850M videocard released by AMD; release date: 1 April 2013. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Venus.

Core clock speed - 575 MHz. Boost clock speed - 725 MHz. Texture fill rate - 25 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 640. Floating-point performance - 800.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,500 million.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 2000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 32 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
973
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
502
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
7447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
19.641 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
435.842 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
93.230 Frames/s
2.018 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
31.637 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4413.025 mHash/s
84.378 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
2286 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
2795 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3323 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
2286.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
2795.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3323.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 973
PassMark - G2D Mark 502
Geekbench - OpenCL 7447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 19.641 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 435.842 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 2.018 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 31.637 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 84.378 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 2286 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2795 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3323 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 2286.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2795.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3323.000 Fps

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

High, 1366x768101.90

The Elder Scrolls Online (2014)

Low, 1024x76844.40
Medium, 1366x76833.40
High, 1366x76827.90
Ultra, 1920x108017.20

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76827.10
Medium, 1366x76822.50
High, 1366x76819.70
Ultra, 1920x108011.50

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Low, 1024x76856.40
Medium, 1366x76827.20
High, 1366x76813.50
Ultra, 1920x108011.70

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Medium, 1366x76840.70
High, 1366x76830.60

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Medium, 1366x76862.60
High, 1366x76851.00
Ultra, 1920x108016.80

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76831.80
Medium, 1366x76828.80
High, 1366x76817.90

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76832.05
Medium, 1366x76827.45
High, 1366x76820.75
Ultra, 1920x108011.90

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x72087.90
Medium, 1366x76855.60
High, 1366x76846.25
Ultra, 1920x108016.90

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Medium, 1366x76889.20
High, 1366x76864.50
Ultra, 1920x108021.30

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x76864.00
Medium, 1366x76835.70
High, 1366x76826.90
Ultra, 1920x108013.50

Tomb Raider (2013)

Medium, 1366x76867.20
High, 1366x76847.90
Ultra, 1920x108021.80

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76844.50
Medium, 1366x76828.80

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76821.40
Medium, 1366x76818.50

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x76870.60
Medium, 1366x76859.50
High, 1366x76846.90
Ultra, 1920x108027.80

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x76870.00
Medium, 1366x76846.70
High, 1366x76831.90

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768111.60
Medium, 1366x76877.15
High, 1366x76867.40
Ultra, 1920x108043.75

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Medium, 1366x76848.80
High, 1366x76837.50
Ultra, 1920x108023.60

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Medium, 1366x76840.20
High, 1366x76836.90
Ultra, 1920x108016.40

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

High, 1366x76875.10
Ultra, 1920x108032.60

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600123.50
Medium, 1360x76887.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Venus
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 928
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 725 MHz
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 575 MHz
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 640
Texture fill rate 25 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 32 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0