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

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
47.041
63.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1028.005
1177.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.41
5.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
72.975
69.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
249.482
343.81
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6173
7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3696
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6173
7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3696
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1312
1914
Name AMD Radeon HD 7850 AMD Radeon HD 7950
PassMark - G3D Mark 3867
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

Essentials

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 533 534
Price now $449.59
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 11.01

Technical info

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

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Number of Eyefinity displays 6

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 11 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

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

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync
AppAcceleration
PowerTune
ZeroCore