AMD Radeon HD 7850 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7850 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- 17.2x more texture fill rate: 55.04 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
- 128x more pipelines: 1024 vs 8
- 137.6x better floating-point performance: 1,761 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
- 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
- Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
- 37x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3885 vs 105
- 4.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 567 vs 124
- 6.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 542
- 6.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 542
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 5 March 2012 vs 9 May 2007 |
| Texture fill rate | 55.04 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1024 vs 8 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,761 gflops vs 12.8 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 80 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 256 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3885 vs 105 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 567 vs 124 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3351 vs 542 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3351 vs 542 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
- 22.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 225 Watt
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 Watt vs 225 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7850
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
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| Name | AMD Radeon HD 7850 | NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3885 | 105 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 567 | 124 |
| 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 | 542 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6173 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3696 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3351 | 542 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1312 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Tesla |
| Code name | Pitcairn | G86 |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
| Launch date | 5 March 2012 | 9 May 2007 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $249 | |
| Place in performance rating | 520 | 1520 |
| Price now | $449.59 | |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 11.01 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,761 gflops | 12.8 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 80 nm |
| Pipelines | 1024 | 8 |
| Stream Processors | 1200 | |
| Texture fill rate | 55.04 GTexel / s | 3.2 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt | 10 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,800 million | 210 million |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
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| Eyefinity | ||
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| DirectX | 11 | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 256 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 | GDDR3 / GDDR2 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| CrossFire | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting) | ||
| PCI-E 16x | ||
| PowerMizer 7.0 | ||
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