amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1024
Cores153.6 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon HD 7850
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 590
AMD Radeon HD 7850
Radeon HD 7850
$249 • Mar 2012
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
AMD Radeon RX 590
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7850 | AMD Radeon RX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 130 W | 175 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 1545 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 2304 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 64 | 144 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1200 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 27.52 GPixel/s | 49.44 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 153.6 GTexel/s | 256 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 1.761 GFLOPS | 7.119 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.50 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | 232 mm² |
| Transistors | 2800 Million | 5700 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon HD 7850
AMD Radeon RX 590
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon HD 7850
AMD Radeon RX 590
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon HD 7850
AMD Radeon RX 590
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon HD 7850
AMD Radeon RX 590
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 590 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon HD 7850
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
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