AMD Radeon HD 7850 vs AMD Radeon HD 7950
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7850 and AMD Radeon HD 7950 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, 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
- Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 300 Watt
- Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 72.975 vs 69.23
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 5 March 2012 vs 31 January 2012 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt vs 300 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 72.975 vs 69.23 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950
- Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 89.6 GTexel / s vs 55.04 GTexel / s
- Around 75% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1024
- Around 63% better floating-point performance: 2,867 gflops vs 1,761 gflops
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
- Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 63.74 vs 47.041
- Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1177.395 vs 1028.005
- Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.685 vs 4.41
- Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 343.81 vs 249.482
- Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7988 vs 6173
- Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7988 vs 6173
- Around 46% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1914 vs 1312
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Boost clock speed | 1250 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 89.6 GTexel / s vs 55.04 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1792 vs 1024 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,867 gflops vs 1,761 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 2 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz vs 1200 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 63.74 vs 47.041 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1177.395 vs 1028.005 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 5.685 vs 4.41 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 343.81 vs 249.482 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7988 vs 6173 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3699 vs 3696 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 vs 3351 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7988 vs 6173 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3699 vs 3696 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 vs 3351 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1914 vs 1312 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7850
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (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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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | AMD Radeon HD 7850 | AMD Radeon HD 7950 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3871 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 564 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 47.041 | 63.74 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1028.005 | 1177.395 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.41 | 5.685 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 72.975 | 69.23 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 249.482 | 343.81 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6173 | 7988 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3696 | 3699 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3351 | 3359 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6173 | 7988 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3696 | 3699 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3351 | 3359 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1312 | 1914 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 82144 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | AMD Radeon HD 7950 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Pitcairn | Tahiti |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series |
| Launch date | 5 March 2012 | 31 January 2012 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $249 | $449 |
| Place in performance rating | 535 | 536 |
| Price now | $449.59 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 11.01 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1,761 gflops | 2,867 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1024 | 1792 |
| Stream Processors | 1200 | 1792 |
| Texture fill rate | 55.04 GTexel / s | 89.6 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,800 million | 4,313 million |
| Compute units | 28 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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| Eyefinity | ||
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| VGA | ||
| Number of Eyefinity displays | 6 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 2.1 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 210 mm | 267 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 240 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| PowerTune | ||
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