AMD Radeon Pro W5700 vs AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5700 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro W5700

AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5700

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 84% higher core clock speed: 1243 MHz vs 675 MHz
10292.6x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 27 GTexel / s
3.6x more pipelines: 2304 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
3.5x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 921 vs 566
11.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15228 vs 1373

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 Nov 2019 vs 24 April 2012
Core clock speed	1243 MHz vs 675 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 27 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	921 vs 566
PassMark - G3D Mark	15228 vs 1373

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850M

5.1x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 205 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5700
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

921

566

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15228

1373

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5700	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360
PassMark - G2D Mark	921	566
PassMark - G3D Mark	15228	1373
Geekbench - OpenCL	69098
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11065
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11065

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5700	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Navi 10	Heathrow
Launch date	19 Nov 2019	24 April 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$799
Place in performance rating	193	224
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1930 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1243 MHz	675 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	555.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	17.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.893 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	640
Pixel fill rate	123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s	27 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	1,500 million
Floating-point performance		864.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	5x mini-DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	12 inches (305 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	Dual-slot
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0