NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT 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, 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- 4.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 185 Watt
- Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3857 vs 2810
- Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3857 vs 2810
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 17 March 2014 vs 19 November 2012 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt vs 185 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3857 vs 2810 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3857 vs 2810 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
- Around 3% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 902 MHz
- Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 975 MHz vs 936 MHz
- 2.5x more texture fill rate: 93.6 GTexel / s vs 37.44 GTexel / s
- 2.4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 640
- 2.5x better floating-point performance: 2,995 gflops vs 1,198 gflops
- 3.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
- 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4470 vs 1050
- Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 661 vs 551
- Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3264 vs 2957
- Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3264 vs 2957
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 925 MHz vs 902 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 975 MHz vs 936 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 93.6 GTexel / s vs 37.44 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1536 vs 640 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,995 gflops vs 1,198 gflops |
| Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4470 vs 1050 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 661 vs 551 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3264 vs 2957 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3264 vs 2957 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3354 vs 3351 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3354 vs 3351 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A | AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1050 | 4470 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 551 | 661 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3857 | 2810 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3857 | 2810 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2957 | 3264 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2957 | 3264 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3351 | 3354 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3351 | 3354 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 65.399 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1230.47 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.371 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 78.519 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 345.793 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1745 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A | AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Maxwell | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GM107 | Tahiti |
| Launch date | 17 March 2014 | 19 November 2012 |
| Place in performance rating | 518 | 521 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $270 | |
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| Boost clock speed | 936 MHz | 975 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 902 MHz | 925 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1,198 gflops | 2,995 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 640 | 1536 |
| Texture fill rate | 37.44 GTexel / s | 93.6 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt | 185 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,870 million | 4,313 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB / s | 192.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | 6000 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
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