Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 7850 vs Radeon R7 260X
AMD
Radeon HD 7850
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 5 Mar 2012
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 260X
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Oct 2013
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- Radeon HD 7850108%
- Radeon R7 260X100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- Radeon HD 7850115%
- Radeon R7 260X100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7850
- 15% higher gaming performance.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R7 260X
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon HD 7850
The Radeon HD 7850 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (7 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 7850 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| GPU Name | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | 896 |
| Compute Units | 16 | 14 |
| Core clock | 860 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 | 56 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 7850 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7850 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Mar 2012 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 785027.50 GP/s
- Radeon R7 260X17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 785055.00 GT/s
- Radeon R7 260X61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 7850154.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 260X104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 78501761.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 260X1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon HD 78506820
- Radeon R7 260X6260
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- Radeon HD 785041
- Radeon R7 260X33
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- Radeon HD 785037
- Radeon R7 260X33
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- Radeon HD 785040
- Radeon R7 260X33
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- Radeon HD 785035
- Radeon R7 260X29
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- Radeon HD 785027
- Radeon R7 260X26
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- Radeon HD 785023
- Radeon R7 260X22
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- Radeon HD 785028
- Radeon R7 260X23
FPS (higher is better)