AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 vs AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 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 64

AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 675 MHz
12.8x more texture fill rate: 345.6 GTexel / s vs 27 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 4096 vs 640
12.8x better floating-point performance: 11,059 gflops vs 864.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2 GB
9.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12984 vs 1373
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 805 vs 566

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 24 April 2012
Core clock speed	1250 MHz vs 675 MHz
Texture fill rate	345.6 GTexel / s vs 27 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 640
Floating-point performance	11,059 gflops vs 864.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12984 vs 1373
PassMark - G2D Mark	805 vs 566

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850M

6.3x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 250 Watt
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1572 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1572 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12984

1373

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

805

566

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
PassMark - G3D Mark	12984	1373
PassMark - G2D Mark	805	566
Geekbench - OpenCL	71540
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	142.691
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1729.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	111.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1396.172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Vega 10	Heathrow
Launch date	27 June 2017	24 April 2012
Place in performance rating	226	224
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1350 MHz
Core clock speed	1250 MHz	675 MHz
Floating-point performance	11,059 gflops	864.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	640
Texture fill rate	345.6 GTexel / s	27 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	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	16 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