Radeon HD 7850 vs Radeon R7 265
Summary
Radeon HD 7850
100%
Radeon R7 265
101%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7850
100%
Radeon R7 265
115%
Relative performance
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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 265 |
| 15% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R7 265
The Radeon R7 265 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (7 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7850 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 860 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7850 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7850 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Mar 2012 | vs | 13 Feb 2014 |
Radeon HD 7850
27.50 GP/s
Radeon R7 265
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
55.00 GT/s
Radeon R7 265
59.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
154.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 265
179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
1761.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 265
1894.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
6820
Radeon R7 265
6900
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 7850
41
Radeon R7 265
44
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 7850
37
Radeon R7 265
46
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon HD 7850
40
Radeon R7 265
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 7850
35
Radeon R7 265
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 7850
27
Radeon R7 265
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 7850
23
Radeon R7 265
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon HD 7850
28
Radeon R7 265
32
FPS (higher is better)