Radeon HD 6930 vs HD 7850

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7850 and Radeon HD 6930, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 7850
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 130 Watt
10.05
+38%

HD 7850 outperforms HD 6930 by a substantial 38% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking451539
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.942.13
Power efficiency5.302.68
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code namePitcairnCayman
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date5 March 2012 (12 years ago)1 December 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 $180

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 7850 has 38% better value for money than HD 6930.

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 cores10241280
Core clock speedno data750 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt186 Watt
Texture fill rate55.0460.00
Floating-point processing power1.761 TFLOPS1.92 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs6480

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 2.0 x16
Length210 mm220 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s153.6 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinity+-
HDMI++

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX1211.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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 10.05
+38%
HD 6930 7.28

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.

HD 7850 5210
+36.2%
HD 6930 3826

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 10.05 7.28
Recency 5 March 2012 1 December 2011
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 186 Watt

HD 7850 has a 38% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 43.1% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 7850 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6930 in performance tests.


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