Winner
AMD Radeon HD 7850
GPUBoss recommends the AMD Radeon HD 7850 based on its .
See full details| | Radeon HD 7850 vs 7790 |
by techPowerUp! (Mar, 2012)This power configuration is good for up to 225 W of power draw for the former and 150 W for the latter.
by techPowerUp! (Mar, 2013)Overclocking potential is good, but GPU clock cannot match the clocks of Sapphire's card, which is the best overclocking HD 7790 we reviewed so far.
Gaming | |
Real world tests using the latest 3D games | |
| Radeon HD 7850 7.1 Radeon HD 7790 6.7 | |
| crysis: warhead (2013) and battlefield 3 (2013) | |
Benchmarks | |
Synthetic tests to measure overall performance | |
| Radeon HD 7850 7.0 Radeon HD 7790 6.7 | |
| Passmark, 3DMark Vantage Texture Fill, 3DMark 11 Graphics and 2 more | |
Compute Performance | |
General computing tests executed on the GPU | |
| Radeon HD 7850 7.4 Radeon HD 7790 7.0 | |
| Civilization 5 Texture Decomposition (2013), Passmark Direct Compute and 1 more | |
Noise and Power | |
How loud and hot does the card run idle and under load | |
| Radeon HD 7850 8.5 Radeon HD 7790 8.9 | |
| TDP, Idle Noise Level, Load Noise Level, Idle Power Consumption and 1 more | |
GPUBoss Score | |
Gaming, Benchmarks, Compute Performance and Noise and Power | |
| Radeon HD 7850 7.1 Radeon HD 7790 6.8 | |
AMD Radeon HD 7850GPUBoss Winner | | |
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| More memory | 2,048 MB | vs | 1,024 MB | 2x more memory | |||
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| Better 3DMark06 score | 20,570 | vs | 15,490 | Around 35% better 3DMark06 score | |||
| Slightly better passmark score | 3,732 | vs | 3,005 | Around 25% better passmark score | |||
| Better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 23,350 | vs | 19,360 | More than 20% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
| Higher memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | vs | 96 GB/s | 60% higher memory bandwidth | |||
| Higher pixel rate | 27.5 GPixel/s | vs | 16 GPixel/s | More than 70% higher pixel rate | |||
| More render output processors | 32 | vs | 16 | Twice as many render output processors | |||
| Better CLBenchmark raytrace score | 190,967 | vs | 127,080 | More than 50% better CLBenchmark raytrace score | |||
| Wider memory bus | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit | 2x wider memory bus | |||
| Higher crysis: warhead framerate | 38.9 fps | vs | 29.4 fps | More than 30% higher crysis: warhead framerate | |||
| Better civilization 5 texture decomposition (2013) score | 266.9 | vs | 242.1 | More than 10% better civilization 5 texture decomposition (2013) score | |||
| Higher battlefield 3 framerate | 64.2 fps | vs | 53.6 fps | Around 20% higher battlefield 3 framerate | |||
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| Higher clock speed | 1,000 MHz | vs | 860 MHz | More than 15% higher clock speed | |||
| Higher effective memory clock speed | 6,000 MHz | vs | 4,800 MHz | 25% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Significantly quieter load noise level | 37.8 dB | vs | 46.7 dB | Around 20% quieter load noise level | |||
| Much quieter idle noise level | 37.5 dB | vs | 41.5 dB | Around 10% quieter idle noise level | |||
| Higher memory clock speed | 1,500 MHz | vs | 1,200 MHz | 25% higher memory clock speed | |||
| More energy-efficient load power consumption | 249W | vs | 271W | Around 10% more energy-efficient load power consumption | |||
| Lower TDP | 85W | vs | 130W | Around 35% lower TDP | |||
| Radeon HD 7850 | vs | 7790 | ||
| 9.1 | 9.3 | Radeon HD 7790 | |
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