Radeon HD 7850 vs Radeon HD 7990
Summary
Radeon HD 7850
100%
Radeon HD 7990
271%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7850
100%
Radeon HD 7990
275%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7850 |
| 245 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7990 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 7990 |
| 175% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 7990
The Radeon HD 7990 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7850 | | Radeon HD 7990 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) | vs | Malta () |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | vs | 365 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 860 MHz | vs | 950 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7850 | | Radeon HD 7990 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7850 | | Radeon HD 7990 | |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | vs | 375 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Mar 2012 | vs | 24 Apr 2013 |
Radeon HD 7850
27.50 GP/s
Radeon HD 7990
60.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
55.00 GT/s
Radeon HD 7990
244.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
154.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7990
576.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
1761.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7990
7782.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
6820
Radeon HD 7990
18530
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 7850
41
Radeon HD 7990
128
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 7850
37
Radeon HD 7990
122
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon HD 7850
40
Radeon HD 7990
79
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 7850
27
Radeon HD 7990
71
FPS (higher is better)