Radeon HD 8950M vs HD 7850

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	415	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	1.40	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	Saturn
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	5 March 2012 (12 years ago)	14 May 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	no data
Current price	$267 (1.1x MSRP)	$338

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	768
Core clock speed	no data	1075 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,800 million	2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	55.04	51.60
Floating-point performance	1,761 gflops	1,651 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	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	MXM Module
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	88 GB/s

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	No outputs
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	-	no data

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 support

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

DirectX	12	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
Mantle	-	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	5 March 2012	14 May 2013
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	100 Watt

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