Radeon HD 7850 vs Radeon HD 7790
Summary
Radeon HD 7850
111%
Radeon HD 7790
100%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7850
119%
Radeon HD 7790
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7850 |
| 19% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 HD 7790 |
| 45 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 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 HD 7790 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) | vs | Bonaire (Bonaire XT) |
| 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 | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7850 | | Radeon HD 7790 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7850 | | Radeon HD 7790 | |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | vs | 85 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Mar 2012 | vs | 22 Mar 2013 |
Radeon HD 7850
27.50 GP/s
Radeon HD 7790
16.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
55.00 GT/s
Radeon HD 7790
56.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
154.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7790
96.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
1761.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7790
1792.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
6820
Radeon HD 7790
6110
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 7850
41
Radeon HD 7790
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 7850
37
Radeon HD 7790
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon HD 7850
40
Radeon HD 7790
34
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 7850
35
Radeon HD 7790
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 7850
27
Radeon HD 7790
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 7850
23
Radeon HD 7790
19
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon HD 7850
28
Radeon HD 7790
20
FPS (higher is better)