AMD Radeon Vega 3 vs AMD Radeon HD 7850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 3 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, Memory, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 3

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 15x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 225 Watt
Launch date 13 February 2018 vs 5 March 2012
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 225 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850

  • 4.6x more texture fill rate: 55.04 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
  • 5.3x more pipelines: 1024 vs 192
  • 4.6x better floating-point performance: 1,761 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
  • 4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3885 vs 889
  • Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 567 vs 303
  • 4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 47.041 vs 10.049
  • 5.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1028.005 vs 183.156
  • 5.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.41 vs 0.75
  • 3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 72.975 vs 18.933
  • 4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 249.482 vs 60.006
  • 4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6173 vs 1412
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3696 vs 2111
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 3174
  • 4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6173 vs 1412
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3696 vs 2111
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 3174
  • 3.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1312 vs 418
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 55.04 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1024 vs 192
Floating-point performance 1,761 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3885 vs 889
PassMark - G2D Mark 567 vs 303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 47.041 vs 10.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1028.005 vs 183.156
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.41 vs 0.75
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 72.975 vs 18.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 249.482 vs 60.006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6173 vs 1412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3696 vs 2111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 3174
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6173 vs 1412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3696 vs 2111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 3174
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1312 vs 418

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 3
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
889
3885
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
303
567
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.049
47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
183.156
1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.75
4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18.933
72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
60.006
249.482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1412
6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2111
3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3174
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1412
6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2111
3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3174
3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
418
1312
Name AMD Radeon Vega 3 AMD Radeon HD 7850
PassMark - G3D Mark 889 3885
PassMark - G2D Mark 303 567
Geekbench - OpenCL 3963
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.049 47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 183.156 1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.75 4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.933 72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 60.006 249.482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1412 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2111 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3174 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1412 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2111 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3174 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 418 1312

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 3 AMD Radeon HD 7850

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Owl Pitcairn
Launch date 13 February 2018 5 March 2012
Place in performance rating 1267 520
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 1000 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops 1,761 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 192 1024
Texture fill rate 12 GTexel / s 55.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million 2,800 million
Stream Processors 1200

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Length 210 mm

Memory

Memory type System Shared GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz

API support

DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync