Radeon HD 6970 vs Radeon HD 7850
Summary
Radeon HD 6970
100%
Radeon HD 7850
113%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6970
107%
Radeon HD 7850
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6970 |
| 7% higher gaming performance. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7850 |
| 120 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6970 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon HD 6970
The Radeon HD 6970 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (43 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6970 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Cayman (Cayman XT) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 389 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,640 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 24 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 880 MHz | vs | 860 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 96 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6970 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective | vs | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6970 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 130 watts |
| Release Date | 14 Dec 2010 | vs | 5 Mar 2012 |
Radeon HD 6970
28.20 GP/s
Radeon HD 7850
27.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6970
84.50 GT/s
Radeon HD 7850
55.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6970
176.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7850
154.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6970
2703.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7850
1761.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6970
6000
Radeon HD 7850
6820
Points (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
57.8
Radeon HD 7850
50.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
65.6
Radeon HD 7850
59.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
40.6
Radeon HD 7850
43.1
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 6970
33
Radeon HD 7850
41
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 6970
38
Radeon HD 7850
37
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
78.9
Radeon HD 7850
66.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
38.9
Radeon HD 7850
34.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
38.8
Radeon HD 7850
40.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
113.3
Radeon HD 7850
90.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
47.3
Radeon HD 7850
34.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
66.4
Radeon HD 7850
61
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
44.2
Radeon HD 7850
48.6
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6970
31
Radeon HD 7850
35
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
23.4
Radeon HD 7850
21.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 6970
24
Radeon HD 7850
27
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
51.9
Radeon HD 7850
46.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
52.2
Radeon HD 7850
46
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
66.3
Radeon HD 7850
57.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
138
Radeon HD 7850
129.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
51.3
Radeon HD 7850
56.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
36.6
Radeon HD 7850
28.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
33.8
Radeon HD 7850
42.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
66.5
Radeon HD 7850
66.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
37.1
Radeon HD 7850
31.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
41
Radeon HD 7850
37.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
25.5
Radeon HD 7850
26.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
50.9
Radeon HD 7850
41
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
24.2
Radeon HD 7850
21.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
23.5
Radeon HD 7850
24.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
82.1
Radeon HD 7850
64.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
32.9
Radeon HD 7850
23.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
47.6
Radeon HD 7850
44.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
30.6
Radeon HD 7850
32.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
16
Radeon HD 7850
15.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
31.8
Radeon HD 7850
28.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
35.1
Radeon HD 7850
29.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
43.2
Radeon HD 7850
36.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
108.7
Radeon HD 7850
87.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
44.4
Radeon HD 7850
41.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
21.9
Radeon HD 7850
17.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
22.3
Radeon HD 7850
28.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6970
47
Radeon HD 7850
45.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 6970
24
Radeon HD 7850
23
FPS (higher is better)