R9 M295X Mac Edition vs HD 7850

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Combined performance score

HD 7850
9.94

R9 M295X Mac Edition outperforms HD 7850 by 35% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking415353
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.38no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)
GPU code namePitcairnAmethyst
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date5 March 2012 (12 years old)23 November 2014 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data
Current price$267 (1.1x MSRP)no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores10242048
Core clock speedno data850 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate55.04108.8
Floating-point performance1,761 gflops3,482 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 supportPCIe 2.1 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz5448 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s174.3 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity1no 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
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no 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.

DirectX1212 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
Mantle-no data

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 9.94 13.37
Recency 5 March 2012 23 November 2014
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 250 Watt

The Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7850 in performance tests.


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