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GeForce GTX 980M vs Radeon HD 7850

Intro

The GeForce GTX 980M has a core clock frequency of 1038 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1536 SPUs, 96 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 7850, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 860 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1200 MHz on this model. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 980M 9476 points
Radeon HD 7850 5200 points
Difference: 4276 (82%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon HD 7850 171 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 980M 155 Sol/s
Difference: 16 (10%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 980M 100 Watts
Radeon HD 7850 130 Watts
Difference: 30 Watts (30%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 7850 should theoretically be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 980M in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 7850 153600 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 980M 128000 MB/sec
Difference: 25600 (20%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980M is quite a bit (approximately 81%) more effective at AF than the Radeon HD 7850. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M 99648 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 7850 55040 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 44608 (81%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980M is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M 66432 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 7850 27520 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 38912 (141%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 980M Radeon HD 7850
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year October 7 2014 March 2012
Code Name GM204 Pitcairn Pro
Memory 4096 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 1038 MHz 860 MHz
Memory Speed 4000 MHz 4800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 100 watts 130 watts
Bandwidth 128000 MB/sec 153600 MB/sec
Texel Rate 99648 Mtexels/sec 55040 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 66432 Mpixels/sec 27520 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 1536 1024
Texture Mapping Units 96 64
Render Output Units 64 32
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 28 nm 28 nm
Transistors (Unknown) million 2800 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12 DirectX 11.1
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.2

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 980M

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Comments

One Response to “GeForce GTX 980M vs Radeon HD 7850”
Zige says:

Radeon HD 7850 have DirectX 12 version not 11.1!

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