ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition vs HD 7850

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	509	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.61	no data
Power efficiency	5.52	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	RV100
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	5 March 2012 (14 years ago)	14 March 2004 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

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 cores	1024	no data
Core clock speed	no data	183 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,800 million	30 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	23 Watt
Texture fill rate	55.04	0.55
Floating-point processing power	1.761 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	1
TMUs	64	3
L1 Cache	256 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 KB	no data

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 support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	210 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	183 MHz
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	2.928 GB/s

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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.

DirectX	12	7.0
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	+	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 March 2012	14 March 2004
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	23 Watt