AMD Radeon HD 7850 vs NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7850 and NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM 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

NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
23.4x more texture fill rate: 55.04 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
128x more pipelines: 1024 vs 8
78.5x better floating-point performance: 1,761 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
30.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3876 vs 126
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 565 vs 309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2012 vs 26 November 2009
Texture fill rate	55.04 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 8
Floating-point performance	1,761 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3876 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark	565 vs 309

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

7.3x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7850
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3876

126

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

565

309

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7850	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	3876	126
PassMark - G2D Mark	565	309
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	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Pitcairn	GT218
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	5 March 2012	26 November 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	527	530
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	22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1024	8
Stream Processors	1200
Texture fill rate	55.04 GTexel / s	2.356 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	260 million
Core clock speed		589 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
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 2.0 x16
Length	210 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync