Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 980 outperforms Radeon HD 7850 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 980 is 928 days newer than Radeon HD 7850.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7850
- Consumes up to 21% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 130 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- Performs up to 33% better in Valheim than Radeon HD 7850 - 73 vs 55 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7850 - 4 vs 2 GB
Valheim
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Radeon HD 7850
Desktop • Mar 5th, 2012
GeForce GTX 980
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7850
Desktop • Mar 5th, 2012
Pixel Fillrate
27.52 GPixel/s
35.36365972757646%
Texel Fillrate
55.04 GTexel/s
35.37275064267352%
GeForce GTX 980
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
77.82 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
155.6 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7850 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 5th, 2012 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | GeForce 900 |
$249 | MSRP | $549 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 153.6 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
| 860 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1127 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1216 MHz |
| 1200 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |
