GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon HD 7850
Summary
GeForce GTX 980
274%
Radeon HD 7850
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 980
306%
Radeon HD 7850
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 980 |
| 206% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 980
The GeForce GTX 980 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 980 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM204 (GM204-400-A1) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,200 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1127 MHz | vs | 860 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 980 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective | vs | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 980 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| TDP | 165 watts | vs | 130 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Sep 2014 | vs | 5 Mar 2012 |
GeForce GTX 980
72.10 GP/s
Radeon HD 7850
27.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 980
144.30 GT/s
Radeon HD 7850
55.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 980
224.40 GB/s
Radeon HD 7850
154.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 980
4616.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7850
1761.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 980
18720
Radeon HD 7850
6820
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 980
86
Radeon HD 7850
23
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 980
67
Radeon HD 7850
28
FPS (higher is better)