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AMD Radeon HD 7850
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Released October, 2013
AMD Radeon R7 260X
- 1.1 GHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
7.5 Out of 10
by techPowerUp!Alongside the Radeon R9 280X and R9 270X, AMD launched its entry-level Radeon R7 260X graphics card, fit for visually-intensive desktops with some mild gaming thrown into the mix.
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Released March, 2012
AMD Radeon HD 7850
- 860 MHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
8.7 Out of 10
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.
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of R7 260X vs 7850 among Desktop GPUs for under $200
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more | |
Graphics | |
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| T-Rex, Manhattan and Cloud Gate Factor | |
Computing | |
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| Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 30 more | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 30 more | |
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| TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more | |
| 8.7 | Overall Score |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Higher clock speed | 1,100 MHz | vs | 860 MHz | Around 30% higher clock speed | |||
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| Better 3DMark 11 graphics score | 11,820 | vs | 6,510 | More than 80% better 3DMark 11 graphics score | |||
| Higher effective memory clock speed | 6,500 MHz | vs | 4,800 MHz | More than 35% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Higher memory clock speed | 1,625 MHz | vs | 1,200 MHz | More than 35% higher memory clock speed | |||
| Slightly lower TDP | 115W | vs | 130W | More than 10% lower TDP | |||
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| Much better 3DMark06 score | 20,570 | vs | 1,903 | More than 10.8x better 3DMark06 score | |||
| Significantly better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 23,350 | vs | 6,931 | More than 3.2x better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
| Much higher battlefield 3 framerate | 64.2 fps | vs | 40.1 fps | More than 60% higher battlefield 3 framerate | |||
| Higher memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | vs | 104 GB/s | Around 50% higher memory bandwidth | |||
| More render output processors | 32 | vs | 16 | Twice as many render output processors | |||
| Higher pixel rate | 27.52 GPixel/s | vs | 17.6 GPixel/s | More than 55% higher pixel rate | |||
| Better fire strike factor score | 43.94 | vs | 33.7 | More than 30% better fire strike factor score | |||
| Higher thief framerate | 28 | vs | 7.7 | Around 3.8x higher thief framerate | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon R7 260X vs HD 7850
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
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