Radeon R5 340X OEM vs Radeon HD 7850
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon R5 340X OEM |
| 65 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 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 7850 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 7850
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon R5 340X OEM | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Oland (Oland XT) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 90 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,040 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 384 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1000 MHz | vs | 860 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 24 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R5 340X OEM | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective | vs | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R5 340X OEM | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| TDP | 65 watts | vs | 130 watts |
| Release Date | 5 May 2015 | vs | 5 Mar 2012 |
Radeon R5 340X OEM
8.00 GP/s
Radeon HD 7850
27.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R5 340X OEM
24.00 GT/s
Radeon HD 7850
55.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R5 340X OEM
72.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7850
154.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R5 340X OEM
768.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7850
1761.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better