AMD Radeon HD 8850M vs AMD Radeon HD 7850M

AMD Radeon HD 8850M
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
640 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
775MHz
640 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
675MHz
Peak AI Performance
990 GFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
860 GFLOPS
FP32
FP32
990 GFLOPS
FP32
860 GFLOPS
Form Factor
Soldered
Form Factor
Soldered
TDP
45W
TDP
40W

Peak AI Performance

  • 15% faster vs Radeon HD 7850M
  • 13% slower vs Radeon HD 8850M
Radeon HD 8850M - 990 GFLOPS FP32
x1.15
Radeon HD 7850M - 860 GFLOPS FP32
x1

FP32

  • 15% faster vs Radeon HD 7850M
  • 13% slower vs Radeon HD 8850M
Radeon HD 8850M - 990 GFLOPS FP32
x1.15
Radeon HD 7850M - 860 GFLOPS FP32
x1
  • 13% faster vs Radeon HD 7850M
  • 11% slower vs Radeon HD 8850M
Radeon HD 8850M - 72GB/s
x1.13
Radeon HD 7850M - 64GB/s
x1
  • 13% higher vs Radeon HD 7850M
  • 11% lower vs Radeon HD 8850M
Radeon HD 8850M - 45W
x1.13
Radeon HD 7850M - 40W
x1
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
GCN 1
Architecture
GCN 1
Family
Radeon HD 8000
Family
Radeon HD 7000
Codename
Cape Verde
Variant
Venus Pro
Codename
Cape Verde
Variant
Heathrow Pro
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
1/8/2013
Release Date
4/24/2012
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
28nm
Fabrication Node
28nm
Die Size
123 mm²
Die Size
123 mm²
Transistor Count
1.5 Billion
Transistor Count
1.5 Billion
Transistor Density
12.20M/mm²
Transistor Density
12.20M/mm²
Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
640 Shaders
Shading Units
640 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Compute Units
10 CUs
Compute Units
10 CUs
625MHz Base
775MHz
-
675MHz
Peak AI Performance
990 GFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
860 GFLOPS
FP32
FP32
990 GFLOPS
FP32
860 GFLOPS
FP64
60 GFLOPS
FP64
50 GFLOPS
Pixel Fillrate
12.4 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
10.8 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
31 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
27 GTexel/s
L1
16KB/CU
L1
16KB/CU
L2
256KB Shared
L2
256KB Shared
2GB
GDDR5
2GB
GDDR5
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1125MHz
Transfer Rate
4.5GT/s
Bandwidth
72GB/s
Clock
1000MHz
Transfer Rate
4GT/s
Bandwidth
64GB/s
TDP
45W
TDP
40W
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Model
VCE 1.0
Model
VCE 1.0
Codec
AVC (H.264)
Codec
AVC (H.264)
Model
UVD 4.0
Model
UVD 4.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.5
GFX
6
Shader Model
6.5
GFX
6
Not a Card
Not a Card
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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