NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 vs AMD Radeon HD 7850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 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: 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1085 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 2.4x more texture fill rate: 134 billion / sec vs 55.04 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1024
  • Around 89% better floating-point performance: 3,333 gflops vs 1,761 gflops
  • 5.8x more memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5912 vs 3867
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 49.824 vs 47.041
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1089.67 vs 1028.005
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.899 vs 4.41
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7412 vs 6173
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7412 vs 6173
  • Around 63% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2136 vs 1312
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 May 2013 vs 5 March 2012
Boost clock speed 1085 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 134 billion / sec vs 55.04 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 3,333 gflops vs 1,761 gflops
Memory clock speed 7012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5912 vs 3867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 49.824 vs 47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1089.67 vs 1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.899 vs 4.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7412 vs 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7412 vs 6173
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2136 vs 1312

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850

  • Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 230 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 564 vs 559
  • Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 72.975 vs 44.06
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 249.482 vs 103.884
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt vs 230 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 564 vs 559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 72.975 vs 44.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 249.482 vs 103.884
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3696 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3696 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5912
3867
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
559
564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
49.824
47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1089.67
1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.899
4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
44.06
72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
103.884
249.482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7412
6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3690
3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7412
6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3690
3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2136
1312
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 AMD Radeon HD 7850
PassMark - G3D Mark 5912 3867
PassMark - G2D Mark 559 564
Geekbench - OpenCL 17944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 49.824 47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1089.67 1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.899 4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 44.06 72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 103.884 249.482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7412 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3690 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7412 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3690 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2136 1312

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 AMD Radeon HD 7850

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK104 Pitcairn
Launch date 30 May 2013 5 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $249
Place in performance rating 532 533
Price now $449.99 $449.59
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 15.45 11.01
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1085 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1046 MHz
CUDA cores 1536
Floating-point performance 3,333 gflops 1,761 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C
Pipelines 1536 1024
Texture fill rate 134 billion / sec 55.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 230 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,800 million
Stream Processors 1200

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI... 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 2.1 x16
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm) 210 mm
Minimum recommended system power 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors One 8-pin and one 6-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.3 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 224.3 GB / s 153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7012 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
PhysX
TXAA
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync