GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon HD 7850
Summary
GeForce GTX 950
124%
Radeon HD 7850
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 950
144%
Radeon HD 7850
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 950 |
| 44% higher gaming performance. |
| 40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7850 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7850 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 950
The GeForce GTX 950 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 950 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM206 (GM206-250-A1) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,940 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 768 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1024 MHz | vs | 860 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 950 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective | vs | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 950 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| TDP | 90 watts | vs | 130 watts |
| Release Date | 20 Aug 2015 | vs | 5 Mar 2012 |
GeForce GTX 950
32.80 GP/s
Radeon HD 7850
27.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 950
49.20 GT/s
Radeon HD 7850
55.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 950
105.80 GB/s
Radeon HD 7850
154.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 950
1572.90 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7850
1761.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 950
8490
Radeon HD 7850
6820
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 950
41
Radeon HD 7850
23
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 950
31
Radeon HD 7850
28
FPS (higher is better)