RTX A4500 Mobile vs Radeon HD 7850

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	417	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.45	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	GA104
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	5 March 2012 (12 years ago)	30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	no data
Current price	$267 (1.1x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	5888
Core clock speed	no data	930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	140 Watt (80 - 140 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	55.04	223.6
Floating-point performance	1,761 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7850 and RTX A4500 Mobile 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	large
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	210 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	448.0 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

Supported 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
Mantle	-	no data
CUDA	no data	8.6

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 March 2012	30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	140 Watt

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