AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 vs AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 and AMD Radeon HD 7850M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1138 MHz vs 675 MHz
11.2x more texture fill rate: 302.4 GTexel / s vs 27 GTexel / s
5.6x more pipelines: 3584 vs 640
11.2x better floating-point performance: 9,677 gflops vs 864.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12354 vs 1373
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 828 vs 566

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 August 2017 vs 24 April 2012
Core clock speed	1138 MHz vs 675 MHz
Texture fill rate	302.4 GTexel / s vs 27 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 640
Floating-point performance	9,677 gflops vs 864.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12354 vs 1373
PassMark - G2D Mark	828 vs 566

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850M

5.3x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 210 Watt
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1572 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 210 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1572 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12354

1373

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

828

566

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
PassMark - G3D Mark	12354	1373
PassMark - G2D Mark	828	566
Geekbench - OpenCL	61755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	153.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1722.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	126.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1172.788
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Vega 10	Heathrow
Launch date	14 August 2017	24 April 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	239	236
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz
Core clock speed	1138 MHz	675 MHz
Floating-point performance	9,677 gflops	864.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3584	640
Texture fill rate	302.4 GTexel / s	27 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	210 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	402.4 GB / s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1572 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Shared memory		0