Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) vs Radeon HD 4850

Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
Memory: 0Mb System SharedDESKTOP
Release date: 11 Jan 2014
Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
Radeon HD 4850
Memory: 512Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Jun 2008
Radeon HD 4850

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
    114%
  • Radeon HD 4850
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)

95 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 4850 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 14% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4850

Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)

HWBench recommends Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)

The Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)Radeon HD 4850
GPU NameSpectre ()vsRV770 (RV770 PRO)
Fab Process28 nmvs55 nm
Die Size245 mm²vs256 mm²
Transistors2,410 millionvs956 million
Shaders512vs800
Compute Units8vs10
Core clock720 MHzvs625 MHz
ROPs8vs16
TMUs32vs40

Memory Configuration

Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)Radeon HD 4850
Memory TypeSystem SharedvsGDDR3
Bus WidthSystem Sharedvs256 bit
Memory SpeedSystem Sharedvs993 MHz
1986 MHz effective
Memory Size0 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)Radeon HD 4850
TDP15 wattsvs110 watts
Release Date11 Jan 2014vs25 Jun 2008

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
    5.76 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 4850
    10.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
    23.00 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 4850
    25.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
    0.00 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 4850
    63.60 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
    737.30 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 4850
    1000.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
    2157
  • Radeon HD 4850
    1890

Points (higher is better)