Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX 590 outperforms the more expensive Radeon HD 7850 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon RX 590 is 2446 days newer than the more expensive Radeon HD 7850.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7850
- Consumes up to 26% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 590 - 130 vs 175 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 590
- Performs up to 158% better in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands than Radeon HD 7850 - 49 vs 19 FPS
- Up to 31% cheaper than Radeon HD 7850 - $119.99 vs $174.99
- Up to 73% better value when playing Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands than Radeon HD 7850 - $2.45 vs $9.21 per FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7850 - 8 vs 2 GB
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Desktop • Mar 5th, 2012
FPS
19
38.775510204081634%
Value, $/FPS
$9.21/FPS
26.601520086862106%
Price, $
$174.99
68%
Buy for $174.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 3713 minutes ago
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
FPS
49
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.45/FPS
100%
Price, $
$119.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $119.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 4593 minutes ago
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Desktop • Mar 5th, 2012
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Mar 5th, 2012
Pixel Fillrate
27.52 GPixel/s
55.663430420711975%
Texel Fillrate
55.04 GTexel/s
24.737078651685394%
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
Pixel Fillrate
49.44 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
222.5 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7850 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 590 |
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Mar 5th, 2012 | Release Date | Nov 15th, 2018 |
Southern Islands | Generation | Polaris |
$249 | MSRP | $279 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
2 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
153.6 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256 GB/s |
860 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1469 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1545 MHz |
1200 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |