AMD Radeon Pro W6900X vs AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6900X 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 675 MHz
25481.5x more texture fill rate: 688.0 GTexel/s vs 27 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 5120 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 24 April 2012
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 675 MHz
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s vs 27 GTexel / s
Pipelines	5120 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850M

7.5x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 300 W
2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 300 W
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6900X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Geekbench - OpenCL	151605
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3739
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3739
PassMark - G3D Mark		1373
PassMark - G2D Mark		566

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Navi 21	Heathrow
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	24 April 2012
Place in performance rating	232	230
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2150 MHz
Compute units	80
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	675 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,376 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	44.03 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	22.02 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5120	640
Pixel fill rate	275.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s	27 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 W	40 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	1,500 million
Floating-point performance		864.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.14x Thunderbolt	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Quad-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 W
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	120 mm 4.7 inches
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0