AMD Radeon HD 7790 vs AMD Radeon HD 6850
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7790 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7790
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 56 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
- Around 20% better floating-point performance: 1,792 gflops vs 1,488.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- Around 49% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 127 Watt
- Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3090 vs 1965
- Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 459 vs 432
- 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 40.763 vs 13.033
- 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.646 vs 1.333
- Around 94% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 63.284 vs 32.609
- Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 217.744 vs 139.45
- Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5087 vs 3489
- Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5087 vs 3489
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 22 March 2013 vs 21 October 2010 |
Texture fill rate | 56 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s |
Floating-point performance | 1,792 gflops vs 1,488.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 85 Watt vs 127 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 3090 vs 1965 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 459 vs 432 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 40.763 vs 13.033 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.646 vs 1.333 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 63.284 vs 32.609 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 217.744 vs 139.45 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5087 vs 3489 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5087 vs 3489 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850
- Around 7% higher pipelines: 960 vs 896
- Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 946.933 vs 828.247
- 3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 988
- Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 2061
- 3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 988
- Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 2061
Specifications (specs) | |
Pipelines | 960 vs 896 |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 946.933 vs 828.247 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3708 vs 988 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3348 vs 2061 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3708 vs 988 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3348 vs 2061 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7790
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 7790 | AMD Radeon HD 6850 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 3090 | 1965 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 459 | 432 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 14832 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 40.763 | 13.033 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 828.247 | 946.933 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.646 | 1.333 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 63.284 | 32.609 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 217.744 | 139.45 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5087 | 3489 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 988 | 3708 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2061 | 3348 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5087 | 3489 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 988 | 3708 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2061 | 3348 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 7790 | AMD Radeon HD 6850 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 2.0 | TeraScale 2 |
Code name | Bonaire | Barts |
Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series |
Launch date | 22 March 2013 | 21 October 2010 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $149 | $179 |
Place in performance rating | 837 | 840 |
Price now | $134.99 | $99.99 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 29.57 | 28.63 |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 1,792 gflops | 1,488.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 896 | 960 |
Texture fill rate | 56 GTexel / s | 37.2 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 85 Watt | 127 Watt |
Transistor count | 2,080 million | 1,700 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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Eyefinity | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 183 mm | 198 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
Bus support | AGP | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 11 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 96 GB / s | 128.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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