NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) 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: 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 675 MHz
10.5x more texture fill rate: 283.4 GTexel / s vs 27 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 2560 vs 640
10.5x better floating-point performance: 9,068 gflops vs 864.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 24 April 2012
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 675 MHz
Texture fill rate	283.4 GTexel / s vs 27 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 640
Floating-point performance	9,068 gflops vs 864.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850M

4.5x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 180 Watt
400x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 10 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 180 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 10 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Geekbench - OpenCL	55548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	819.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4646
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4195
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4646
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4195
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7209
PassMark - G3D Mark		1373
PassMark - G2D Mark		566

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP104	Heathrow
Launch date	15 August 2016	24 April 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$499.99
Place in performance rating	254	257
Price now	$439.99
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	43.70
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1771 MHz
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	675 MHz
CUDA cores	2560
Floating-point performance	9,068 gflops	864.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	2560	640
Texture fill rate	283.4 GTexel / s	27 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI	No outputs
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large	large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	10 GB/s	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready