AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT vs AMD Radeon HD 7850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT and AMD Radeon HD 7850 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 7870 XT

• Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
• Around 70% higher texture fill rate: 93.6 GTexel / s vs 55.04 GTexel / s
• Around 50% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1024
• Around 70% better floating-point performance: 2,995 gflops vs 1,761 gflops
• Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 225 Watt
• 5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
• Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4470 vs 3885
• Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 661 vs 567
• Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 65.399 vs 47.041
• Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1230.47 vs 1028.005
• Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.371 vs 4.41
• Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 78.519 vs 72.975
• Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 345.793 vs 249.482
• Around 33% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1745 vs 1312

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850

• Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 975 MHz
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6173 vs 2810
• Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3696 vs 3264
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6173 vs 2810
• Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3696 vs 3264

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	4470 3885
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	661 567
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	65.399 47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1230.47 1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6.371 4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	78.519 72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	345.793 249.482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2810 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3264 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3354 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2810 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3264 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3354 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1745 1312

Compare specifications (specs)