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 1966
• Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 459 vs 433
• 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

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

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7790
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	3090 1966
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	459 433
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	40.763 13.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	828.247 946.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.646 1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	63.284 32.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	217.744 139.45
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5087 3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	988 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2061 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5087 3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	988 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2061 3348

Compare specifications (specs)