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Radeon HD 7850 vs Radeon HD 7870
Intro
The Radeon HD 7850 uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 860 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1200 MHz on this model. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 7870, which has GPU core speed of 1000 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1200 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 1280 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.
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
| Radeon HD 7870 |
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6230 points |
| Radeon HD 7850 |
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5200 points |
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Zcash Mining Hash Rate
| Radeon HD 7870 |
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172 Sol/s |
| Radeon HD 7850 |
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171 Sol/s |
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Ethereum Mining Hash Rate
| Radeon HD 7870 |
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16 Mh/s |
| Radeon HD 7850 |
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13 Mh/s |
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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 7850 |
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130 Watts |
| Radeon HD 7870 |
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175 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Both cards have exactly the same memory bandwidth, so theoretically they should perform the same. (explain)
Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 7870 is much (about 45%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 7850. (explain)| Radeon HD 7870 |
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80000 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 7850 |
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55040 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 7870 is a better choice, but not by far. (explain)| Radeon HD 7870 |
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32000 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 7850 |
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27520 Mpixels/sec |
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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
| Model | Radeon HD 7850 | Radeon HD 7870 |
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| Manufacturer | AMD | AMD |
| Year | March 2012 | March 2012 |
| Code Name | Pitcairn Pro | Pitcairn XT |
| Memory | 2048 MB | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 860 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 4800 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 130 watts | 175 watts |
| Bandwidth | 153600 MB/sec | 153600 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 55040 Mtexels/sec | 80000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 27520 Mpixels/sec | 32000 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 1024 | 1280 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 64 | 80 |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 2800 million | 2800 million |
| Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11.1 | DirectX 11.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.2 | OpenGL 4.2 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.
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Comments
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hello, i wanted to ask that would it be wise to get an hd7870 instead of 7850. i work in different 3d creation softwares.
thank you
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