GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon HD 7850M

Place in the ranking	722	5
Place by popularity	not in top-100	61
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	38.31
Power efficiency	6.11	19.08
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Heathrow	AD103
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	24 April 2012 (12 years ago)	8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	640	10240
Core clock speed	675 MHz	2295 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2550 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	320 Watt
Texture fill rate	27.00	816.0
Floating-point processing power	0.864 TFLOPS	52.22 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	112
TMUs	40	320
Tensor Cores	no data	320
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	80

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	310 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-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	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1438 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	736.3 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9

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 7850M 3.56

RTX 4080 SUPER 89.00
+2400%

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 7850M 1372

RTX 4080 SUPER 34286
+2399%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 7850M 2467

RTX 4080 SUPER 87055
+3429%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 7850M 12254

RTX 4080 SUPER 141652
+1056%

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	10−12 −2510%	261 +2510%
1440p	7−8 −2486%	181 +2486%
4K	4−5 −2825%	117 +2825%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	3.83
1440p	no data	5.52
4K	no data	8.54

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7
−2400%

150−160

+2400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −2250%	235 +2250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −13950%	281 +13950%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −3386%	240−250 +3386%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −1400%	120−130 +1400%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −2400%	150−160 +2400%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1586%	110−120 +1586%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −1910%	200−210 +1910%
Forza Horizon 4	20−22 −1220%	260−270 +1220%
Hitman 3	9−10 −1333%	120−130 +1333%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −1148%	300−350 +1148%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −2483%	150−160 +2483%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −1278%	120−130 +1278%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −2736%	350−400 +2736%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −276%	150−160 +276%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −3320%	342 +3320%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −11750%	237 +11750%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −3386%	240−250 +3386%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −1400%	120−130 +1400%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −2400%	150−160 +2400%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1586%	110−120 +1586%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −1910%	200−210 +1910%
Forza Horizon 4	20−22 −1220%	260−270 +1220%
Hitman 3	9−10 −1333%	120−130 +1333%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −1148%	300−350 +1148%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −2483%	150−160 +2483%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −1278%	120−130 +1278%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −3957%	568 +3957%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −1253%	200−210 +1253%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −276%	150−160 +276%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −1480%	158 +1480%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −10350%	209 +10350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −1400%	120−130 +1400%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −2400%	150−160 +2400%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1586%	110−120 +1586%
Forza Horizon 4	20−22 −1510%	322 +1510%
Hitman 3	9−10 −1333%	120−130 +1333%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −1600%	425 +1600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −3664%	527 +3664%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −1653%	263 +1653%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −254%	145 +254%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

−1278%

120−130
+1278%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −2667%	160−170 +2667%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −2140%	110−120 +2140%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −4400%	135 +4400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −2633%	80−85 +2633%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2400%	50−55 +2400%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −2000%	80−85 +2000%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −13450%	270−280 +13450%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1513%	120−130 +1513%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −3733%	345 +3733%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −7267%	221 +7267%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −991%	240−250 +991%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−1743%

120−130
+1743%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −4300%	85−90 +4300%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −3350%	65−70 +3350%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −4700%	96 +4700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −9800%	99 +9800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −5100%	50−55 +5100%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 −2400%	50−55 +2400%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −15150%	305 +15150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −8000%	81 +8000%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−2675%

110−120
+2675%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	165 +0%	165 +0%
Metro Exodus	171 +0%	171 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	397 +0%	397 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85 +0%	85 +0%
Metro Exodus	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	204 +0%	204 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

201

+0%

201

+0%

This is how HD 7850M and RTX 4080 SUPER compete in popular games:

RTX 4080 SUPER is 2510% faster in 1080p
RTX 4080 SUPER is 2486% faster in 1440p
RTX 4080 SUPER is 2825% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4080 SUPER is 15150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 4080 SUPER is ahead in 58 tests (88%)
there's a draw in 8 tests (12%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.56	89.00
Recency	24 April 2012	8 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	320 Watt

HD 7850M has 700% lower power consumption.

RTX 4080 SUPER, on the other hand, has a 2400% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7850M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7850M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is a desktop one.

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