Radeon RX 5700 vs HD 7850

Place in the ranking	449	125
Place by popularity	not in top-100	72
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.94	44.66
Power efficiency	5.30	14.25
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	Navi 10
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	5 March 2012 (12 years ago)	7 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5700 has 1419% better value for money than HD 7850.

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	2304
Core clock speed	no data	1465 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1725 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	180 Watt
Texture fill rate	55.04	248.4
Floating-point processing power	1.761 TFLOPS	7.949 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	64
TMUs	64	144

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	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	210 mm	268 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	448.0 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x 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.

DirectX	12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2.131

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 10.04

RX 5700 37.37
+272%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 7850 3869

RX 5700 14393
+272%

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

RX 5700 23746
+356%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	30−35 −280%	114 +280%
1440p	18−20 −283%	69 +283%
4K	10−12 −310%	41 +310%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	8.30	3.06
1440p	13.83	5.06
4K	24.90	8.51

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	77 +0%	77 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	97 +0%	97 +0%
Battlefield 5	180 +0%	180 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	102 +0%	102 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	75 +0%	75 +0%
Far Cry 5	112 +0%	112 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	99 +0%	99 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	288 +0%	288 +0%
Hitman 3	76 +0%	76 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	294 +0%	294 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	113 +0%	113 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	259 +0%	259 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	130 +0%	130 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	80 +0%	80 +0%
Battlefield 5	145 +0%	145 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	92 +0%	92 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	67 +0%	67 +0%
Far Cry 5	90 +0%	90 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	90 +0%	90 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	276 +0%	276 +0%
Hitman 3	75 +0%	75 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	291 +0%	291 +0%
Metro Exodus	143 +0%	143 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	98 +0%	98 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	175 +0%	175 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	243 +0%	243 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60 +0%	60 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	77 +0%	77 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	68 +0%	68 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	58 +0%	58 +0%
Far Cry 5	64 +0%	64 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	118 +0%	118 +0%
Hitman 3	73 +0%	73 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	119 +0%	119 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	155 +0%	155 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	91 +0%	91 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	58 +0%	58 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

102

+0%

102

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	102 +0%	102 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	73 +0%	73 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	51 +0%	51 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	53 +0%	53 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50 +0%	50 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	36 +0%	36 +0%
Far Cry 5	52 +0%	52 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	267 +0%	267 +0%
Hitman 3	55 +0%	55 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	93 +0%	93 +0%
Metro Exodus	94 +0%	94 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	108 +0%	108 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	244 +0%	244 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	53 +0%	53 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	39 +0%	39 +0%
Hitman 3	39 +0%	39 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	116 +0%	116 +0%
Metro Exodus	57 +0%	57 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	48 +0%	48 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	31 +0%	31 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	31 +0%	31 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	26 +0%	26 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	15 +0%	15 +0%
Far Cry 5	26 +0%	26 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	70 +0%	70 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	64 +0%	64 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	11 +0%	11 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

This is how HD 7850 and RX 5700 compete in popular games:

RX 5700 is 280% faster in 1080p
RX 5700 is 283% faster in 1440p
RX 5700 is 310% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.04	37.37
Recency	5 March 2012	7 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	180 Watt

HD 7850 has 38.5% lower power consumption.

RX 5700, on the other hand, has a 272.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7850 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.