The Radeon HD 7850 is the comparison's loser – it's at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce GTX 980 and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's $39.25 more expensive!
Advantages of the Radeon HD 7850
- Consumes up to 21% less energy – 130 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of the GeForce GTX 980
- At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
- Up to 26% cheaper – $112.16 vs $151.41
- A much better value for money for gaming
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory – 4 vs 2 GB
Radeon HD 7850 vs GeForce GTX 980 for Gaming
The GPU's performance in selected game and settings
Radeon HD 7850
Mar 5th, 2012
Average FPS
48
69%
Min 1% FPS
20
57%
Price, €
€151.41
74%
Value, €/FPS
€3.15/FPS
51%
GeForce GTX 980
Sep 19th, 2014
Average FPS
70
100%
Min 1% FPS
35
100%
Price, €
€112.16
100%
Value, €/FPS
€1.6/FPS
100%
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€359.46
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Radeon HD 7850 vs GeForce GTX 980 in My Games
The FPS you'll get in saved games
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Synthetic Benchmarks
The Radeon HD 7850 vs GeForce GTX 980 in synthetic GPU benchmarks
Performance Specifications
The Radeon HD 7850 vs GeForce GTX 980 in core GPU performance specifications
Radeon HD 7850
Mar 5th, 2012
Memory
2 GB
50%
Memory Bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
68%
Pixel Fillrate
27.52 GPixel/s
35%
Texture Fillrate
55.04 GTexel/s
35%
FP32
1.761 TFLOPS
35%
GeForce GTX 980
Sep 19th, 2014
Memory
4 GB
100%
Memory Bandwidth
224.4 GB/s
100%
Pixel Fillrate
77.82 GPixel/s
100%
Texture Fillrate
155.6 GTexel/s
100%
FP32
4.981 TFLOPS
100%
Specifications
Comparison of all specifications
Radeon HD 7850 | SpecificationsComparison of all specifications | GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Mar 5th, 2012 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
$249.00 | MSRP | $549.00 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | GeForce 900 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
130 W | Power Consumption | 165 W |
| Memory | ||
| 2 GB | Memory Size | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Memory Bus | 256-bit |
| 153.6 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| 27.52 GPixel/s | Pixel Fillrate | 77.82 GPixel/s |
| 55.04 GTexel/s | Texture Fillrate | 155.6 GTexel/s |
| 1.761 TFLOPS | FP32 | 4.981 TFLOPS |
