Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 480 vs Radeon HD 7850
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 480
1536 Mb GDDR5
Released 26 Mar 2010
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7850
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 5 Mar 2012
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 480100%
- Radeon HD 7850119%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 480104%
- Radeon HD 7850100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 480
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7850
- 120 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 480 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | Radeon HD 7850 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF100 (GF100-375-A3) | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 529 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,100 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 480 | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 15 | 16 |
| Core clock | 701 MHz | 860 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| TMUs | 60 | 64 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | Radeon HD 7850 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 924 MHz
3696 MHz effective | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 480 | Radeon HD 7850 |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | 130 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2010 | 5 Mar 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 48021.00 GP/s
- Radeon HD 785027.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 48042.10 GT/s
- Radeon HD 785055.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 480177.00 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7850154.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 4801345.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 78501761.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 4805700
- Radeon HD 78506820
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 48024
- Radeon HD 785023
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 48039
- Radeon HD 785037
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 48036
- Radeon HD 785035
FPS (higher is better)