AMD Radeon RX 5600M vs AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600M 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, 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 RX 5600M

AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
6748.1x more texture fill rate: 182.2 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
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
3x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
6.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8669 vs 1373

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Jan 2020 vs 24 April 2012
Texture fill rate	182.2 GTexel/s vs 27 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8669 vs 1373

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850M

3.8x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 566 vs 492

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	566 vs 492

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8669

1373

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

492

566

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5600M	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
PassMark - G3D Mark	8669	1373
PassMark - G2D Mark	492	566
Geekbench - OpenCL	57191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11117
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8904
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7694
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11117
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8904
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7694
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5888

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5600M	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	GCN 1.0
Code name	Navi 10	Heathrow
Launch date	7 Jan 2020	24 April 2012
Place in performance rating	210	224
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1265 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	640
Texture fill rate	182.2 GTexel/s	27 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	1,500 million
Core clock speed		675 MHz
Floating-point performance		864.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0