AMD Radeon HD 7850 vs ATI Radeon X700 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7850 and ATI Radeon X700 PRO 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.

AMD Radeon HD 7850

ATI Radeon X700 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
16.2x more texture fill rate: 55.04 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 860 MHz
50.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3871 vs 76
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 564 vs 302

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2012 vs 1 September 2004
Texture fill rate	55.04 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 860 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3871 vs 76
PassMark - G2D Mark	564 vs 302

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X700 PRO

6.8x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7850
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X700 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3871

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

564

302

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7850	ATI Radeon X700 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	3871	76
PassMark - G2D Mark	564	302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	249.482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1312

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7850	ATI Radeon X700 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R400
Code name	Pitcairn	RV410
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	5 March 2012	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$179
Place in performance rating	535	538
Price now	$449.59
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	11.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,761 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1024
Stream Processors	1200
Texture fill rate	55.04 GTexel / s	3.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	120 million
Core clock speed		425 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	210 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0b
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	13.76 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	860 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync