GeForce RTX 5050 vs Radeon HD 7850

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7850 and GeForce RTX 5050, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 7850
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 130 Watt
8.80

5050 outperforms HD 7850 by a whopping 334% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking498117
Place by popularitynot in top-10061
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.4795.16
Power efficiency5.4623.70
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Blackwell 2.0 (2025−2026)
GPU code namePitcairnGB207
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date5 March 2012 (13 years ago)24 June 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 $249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

RTX 5050 has 3753% better value for money than HD 7850.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores10242560
Core clock speedno data2317 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz2572 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million16,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate55.04205.8
Floating-point processing power1.761 TFLOPS13.17 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs6480
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20
L1 Cache256 KB2.5 MB
L2 Cache512 KB24 MB

Form factor & 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 supportPCIe 2.1 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x8
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s320.0 GB/s
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
Eyefinity+-
HDMI++

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.4
CUDA-12.0
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmarks

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

HD 7850 8.80
RTX 5050 38.18
+334%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

HD 7850 3891
Samples: 11402
RTX 5050 16882
+334%
Samples: 165

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.80 38.18
Recency 5 March 2012 24 June 2025
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

RTX 5050 has a 333.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5050 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7850 in performance tests.

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