Radeon HD 7850 vs Radeon R7 260X
Summary
Radeon HD 7850
108%
Radeon R7 260X
100%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7850
115%
Radeon R7 260X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7850 |
15% higher gaming performance. |
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Supports Mantle |
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 260X |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
Supports FreeSync |
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Supports TrueAudio |
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 7850
The Radeon HD 7850 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (7 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7850 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
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GPU Name | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) | vs | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 212 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
Transistors | 2,800 million | vs | 2,080 million |
Shaders | 1024 | vs | 896 |
Compute Units | 16 | vs | 14 |
Core clock | 860 MHz | vs | 1100 MHz |
ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
TMUs | 64 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7850 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
Memory Speed | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective | vs | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7850 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
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TDP | 130 watts | vs | 115 watts |
Release Date | 5 Mar 2012 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon HD 7850
27.50 GP/s
Radeon R7 260X
17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
55.00 GT/s
Radeon R7 260X
61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
154.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 260X
104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
1761.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 260X
1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
6820
Radeon R7 260X
6260
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 7850
41
Radeon R7 260X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 7850
37
Radeon R7 260X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon HD 7850
40
Radeon R7 260X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 7850
35
Radeon R7 260X
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 7850
27
Radeon R7 260X
26
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 7850
23
Radeon R7 260X
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon HD 7850
28
Radeon R7 260X
23
FPS (higher is better)