AMD Radeon RX 5600 vs AMD Radeon HD 7850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600 and AMD Radeon HD 7850 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 5600

AMD Radeon HD 7850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1000 MHz
3628.3x more texture fill rate: 199.7 GTexel/s vs 55.04 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) vs 1200 MHz
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 683 vs 561
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11959 vs 3856
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14115 vs 6173
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14115 vs 6173
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7991 vs 3696
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7991 vs 3696
5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 19735 vs 3351
5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 19735 vs 3351

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Jan 2020 vs 5 March 2012
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.7 GTexel/s vs 55.04 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	683 vs 561
PassMark - G3D Mark	11959 vs 3856
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14115 vs 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14115 vs 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7991 vs 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7991 vs 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	19735 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	19735 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

683

561

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11959

3856

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14115

6173

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14115

6173

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7991

3696

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7991

3696

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19735

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19735

3351

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5600	AMD Radeon HD 7850
Geekbench - OpenCL	60737
PassMark - G2D Mark	683	561
PassMark - G3D Mark	11959	3856
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14115	6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14115	6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7991	3696
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7991	3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	19735	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	19735	3351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		249.482
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1312

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5600	AMD Radeon HD 7850
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Navi 10	Pitcairn
Launch date	21 Jan 2020	5 March 2012
Place in performance rating	125	526
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$249
Price now		$449.59
Value for money (0-100)		11.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1130 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	399.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	12.78 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	6.390 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	1024
Pixel fill rate	99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.7 GTexel/s	55.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	2,800 million
Floating-point performance		1,761 gflops
Stream Processors		1200
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	Dual-slot
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
Length		210 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	11
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync