GeForce GTX 760 vs Radeon HD 7850

Place in performance ranking	415	366
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	1.40	4.30
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	GK104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	5 March 2012 (12 years ago)	25 June 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$249
Current price	$267 (1.1x MSRP)	$136 (0.5x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 760 has 207% better value for money than HD 7850.

Technical specs

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	1152
CUDA cores	no data	1152
Core clock speed	no data	980 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1033 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	170 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	97 °C
Texture fill rate	55.04	94.1 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	1,761 gflops	2,378 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm	9.5" (24.1 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Minimum recommended system power	no data	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	Two 6-pin
SLI options	no data	+

Memory

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	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	3000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	192.2 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Video outputs and ports

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	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	no data	4 displays
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
DisplayPort support	-	no data
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

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
Blu Ray 3D	no data	+
3D Gaming	no data	+
3D Vision	no data	+
PhysX	no data	+
3D Vision Live	no data	+

API support

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

DirectX	12	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.1.126
Mantle	-	no data
CUDA	no data	+

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 9.95

GTX 760 12.37
+24.3%

GeForce GTX 760 outperforms Radeon HD 7850 by 24% 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 3855

GTX 760 4790
+24.3%

GeForce GTX 760 outperforms Radeon HD 7850 by 24% 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 760 5959
+14.4%

GeForce GTX 760 outperforms Radeon HD 7850 by 14% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Unigine Heaven 4.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark, a newer version of Unigine 3.0 with relatively small differences. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. The benchmark is still sometimes used, despite its significant age, as it was released back in 2013.

Benchmark coverage: 1%

HD 7850 634

GTX 760 851
+34.2%

GeForce GTX 760 outperforms Radeon HD 7850 by 34% in Unigine Heaven 4.0.