The Radeon HD 7850 is the comparison's loser – it's at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the Radeon RX 580 and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's $25.00 more expensive!
Advantages of the Radeon HD 7850
- Consumes up to 30% less energy – 130 vs 185 Watts
Advantages of the Radeon RX 580
- At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
- Up to 14% cheaper – $149.99 vs $174.99
- A much better value for money for gaming
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory – 8 vs 2 GB
Radeon HD 7850 vs Radeon RX 580 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, $
$174.99
85%
Value, $/FPS
$3.64/FPS
59%
Radeon RX 580
Apr 18th, 2017
Average FPS
70
100%
Min 1% FPS
35
100%
Price, $
$149.99
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.14/FPS
100%
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$249.00
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$94.98
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Radeon HD 7850 vs Radeon RX 580 in My Games
The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it
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Synthetic Benchmarks
The Radeon HD 7850 vs Radeon RX 580 in synthetic GPU benchmarks
Performance Specifications
The Radeon HD 7850 vs Radeon RX 580 in core GPU performance specifications
Radeon HD 7850
Mar 5th, 2012
Memory
2 GB
25%
Memory Bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
60%
Pixel Fillrate
27.52 GPixel/s
64%
Texture Fillrate
55.04 GTexel/s
29%
FP32
1.761 TFLOPS
29%
Radeon RX 580
Apr 18th, 2017
Memory
8 GB
100%
Memory Bandwidth
256 GB/s
100%
Pixel Fillrate
42.88 GPixel/s
100%
Texture Fillrate
193 GTexel/s
100%
FP32
6.175 TFLOPS
100%
Specifications
Comparison of all specifications
Radeon HD 7850 | SpecificationsComparison of all specifications | Radeon RX 580 |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Mar 5th, 2012 | Release Date | Apr 18th, 2017 |
| $249.00 | MSRP | $229.00 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | Polaris |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
130 W | Power Consumption | 185 W |
| Memory | ||
| 2 GB | Memory Size | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Memory Bus | 256-bit |
| 153.6 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256 GB/s |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| 27.52 GPixel/s | Pixel Fillrate | 42.88 GPixel/s |
| 55.04 GTexel/s | Texture Fillrate | 193 GTexel/s |
| 1.761 TFLOPS | FP32 | 6.175 TFLOPS |
