NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs AMD Radeon HD 7850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super 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 RTX 2060 Super

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 65% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 2.1x more pipelines: 2176 vs 1024
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • 11.7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16476 vs 3885
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 856 vs 567
  • 5.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 241.214 vs 47.041
  • 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3870.683 vs 1028.005
  • 6.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 27.021 vs 4.41
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 160.92 vs 72.975
  • 5.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1269.445 vs 249.482
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20969 vs 6173
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5567 vs 3696
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5026 vs 3351
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20969 vs 6173
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5567 vs 3696
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5026 vs 3351
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 July 2019 vs 5 March 2012
Boost clock speed 1650 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Pipelines 2176 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16476 vs 3885
PassMark - G2D Mark 856 vs 567
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 241.214 vs 47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3870.683 vs 1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.021 vs 4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 160.92 vs 72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1269.445 vs 249.482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20969 vs 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5567 vs 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5026 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20969 vs 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5567 vs 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5026 vs 3351

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850

  • 656x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1312 vs 2
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1312 vs 2

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16476
3885
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
856
567
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
241.214
47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3870.683
1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.021
4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
160.92
72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1269.445
249.482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20969
6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5567
3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5026
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20969
6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5567
3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5026
3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2
1312
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super AMD Radeon HD 7850
PassMark - G3D Mark 16476 3885
PassMark - G2D Mark 856 567
Geekbench - OpenCL 87635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 241.214 47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3870.683 1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.021 4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 160.92 72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1269.445 249.482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20969 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5567 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5026 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20969 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5567 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5026 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2 1312

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super AMD Radeon HD 7850

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 1.0
Code name TU106 Pitcairn
Launch date 2 July 2019 5 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $249
Place in performance rating 148 520
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Price now $449.59
Value for money (0-100) 11.01

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1650 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1470 MHz
CUDA cores 2176
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 89 C
Pipelines 2176 1024
Render output units 64
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 10.8 B 2,800 million
Floating-point performance 1,761 gflops
Stream Processors 1200
Texture fill rate 55.04 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Port 1.4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays 4
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinity
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.435” (112.6mm)
Length 9.0” (228.60mm) 210 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 8 pin 1x 6-pin
Width 2-Slot
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.1 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5

Technologies

Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync