Radeon HD 7850 vs RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with Radeon HD 7850, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
9.05

HD 7850 outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a moderate 11% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking481451
Place by popularity34not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data2.94
Power efficiency41.325.30
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameVegaPitcairn
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)5 March 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$249

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 cores5121024
Boost clock speed2100 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistorsno data2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rateno data55.04
Floating-point processing powerno data1.761 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data64

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 supportno dataPCIe 2.1 x16
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data210 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data2 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1200 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data153.6 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 Connectorsno data1x 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.

DirectX12_112
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-+

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.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 9.05
HD 7850 10.05
+11%

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.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 3743
HD 7850 5210
+39.2%

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 HD22
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
1440p16
+0%
16−18
+0%
4K9
+0%
9−10
+0%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data10.38
1440pno data15.56
4Kno data27.67

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 19
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 20
−5%
21−24
+5%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−7.1%
30−33
+7.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 14
+0%
14−16
+0%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−3.8%
27−30
+3.8%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−6.6%
65−70
+6.6%
Hitman 3 15
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−7.8%
55−60
+7.8%
Metro Exodus 35
+0%
35−40
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 33
−6.1%
35−40
+6.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 36
+2.9%
35−40
−2.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−8.3%
65−70
+8.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16
+0%
16−18
+0%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−7.1%
30−33
+7.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
+0%
10−11
+0%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−3.8%
27−30
+3.8%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−6.6%
65−70
+6.6%
Hitman 3 15
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−7.8%
55−60
+7.8%
Metro Exodus 25
−8%
27−30
+8%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−8%
27−30
+8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27
+0%
27−30
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−8%
27−30
+8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−8.3%
65−70
+8.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14
+0%
14−16
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
+0%
9−10
+0%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−6.6%
65−70
+6.6%
Hitman 3 14
+0%
14−16
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24
+0%
24−27
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 23
−4.3%
24−27
+4.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+0%
14−16
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12
+0%
12−14
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21
+0%
21−24
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 11
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 5
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−2.6%
40−45
+2.6%
Hitman 3 10
+0%
10−11
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20
−5%
21−24
+5%
Metro Exodus 17
−5.9%
18−20
+5.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
+0%
16−18
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 59
−10.2%
65−70
+10.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 13
−7.7%
14−16
+7.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Hitman 3 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−8.1%
40−45
+8.1%
Metro Exodus 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9
+0%
9−10
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and HD 7850 compete in popular games:

  • HD 7850 is 9% faster in 1080p
  • A tie in 1440p
  • A tie in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.05 10.05
Recency 7 January 2020 5 March 2012
Chip lithography 7 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 130 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 766.7% lower power consumption.

HD 7850, on the other hand, has a 11% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon HD 7850 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while Radeon HD 7850 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
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