GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q vs Radeon HD 7850

Place in performance ranking	416	346
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	1.41	5.12
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	N17P-G1 Max-Q
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	5 March 2012 (12 years ago)	3 January 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	no data
Current price	$267 (1.1x MSRP)	$1140

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q has 263% better value for money than HD 7850.

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1024	768
Core clock speed	no data	1151 – 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1290 – 1417 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	40 - 46 Watt
Texture fill rate	55.04	68.02
Floating-point performance	1,761 gflops	2,177 gflops

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7850 and GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

VRAM Capacity and Type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	112.1 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	-	no data
G-SYNC support	no data	+

Supported GPU Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data
VR Ready	no data	+

API Compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
Mantle	-	no data
CUDA	no data	6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 7850 9.96

GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q 13.87
+39.3%

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q outperforms Radeon HD 7850 by 39% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 7850 3856

GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q 5370
+39.3%

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q outperforms Radeon HD 7850 by 39% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 7850 5210

GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q 7324
+40.6%

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q outperforms Radeon HD 7850 by 41% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	40−45 −45%	58 +45%
1440p	18−21 −61.1%	29 +61.1%
4K	12−14 −58.3%	19 +58.3%

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	9.96	13.87
Recency	5 March 2012	3 January 2018
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	40 Watt