AMD Radeon R9 FURY X vs AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 FURY X 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, 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.

AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
10x more texture fill rate: 268.8 GTexel / s vs 27 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 4096 vs 640
10x better floating-point performance: 8,602 gflops vs 864.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9577 vs 1373
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 802 vs 566

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 June 2015 vs 24 April 2012
Texture fill rate	268.8 GTexel / s vs 27 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 640
Floating-point performance	8,602 gflops vs 864.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9577 vs 1373
PassMark - G2D Mark	802 vs 566

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850M

6.9x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 275 Watt
3.8x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9577

1373

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

802

566

Name	AMD Radeon R9 FURY X	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
PassMark - G3D Mark	9577	1373
PassMark - G2D Mark	802	566
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	155.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3431.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	153.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	857.575
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5170

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 FURY X	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Fiji	Heathrow
Design	AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series
Launch date	24 June 2015	24 April 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	231	234
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Compute units	64
Floating-point performance	8,602 gflops	864.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	640
Stream Processors	4096
Texture fill rate	268.8 GTexel / s	27 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	8,900 million	1,500 million
Core clock speed		675 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	191 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)