AMD Radeon HD 7850
VS
GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition
AMD Radeon HD 7850
VS
GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon HD 7850  vs  GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition.

317
Place in performance rating
not rated
8.71
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Kepler
Pitcairn
Code name
no data
Desktop
Type
no data
5 March 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
23 October 2012 (9 years ago)
$249
Launch price (MSRP)
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$277 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
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reference
Design
no data
4.63
Value for money
no data
Pitcairn
GPU code name
GK104
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon HD 7850  vs  GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1024
Pipelines
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Core clock speed
719 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost Clock
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2,800 million
Transistor count
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28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
225 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
55.04
Texture fill rate
92.03
1,761 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,209 gflops
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
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2,800 million
Number of transistors
3,540 million
225 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
122 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon HD 7850 and GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
210 mm
Length
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1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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PCIe 2.1 x16
Bus support
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Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon HD 7850 vs GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1200 MHz
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
153.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
160.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon HD 7850 vs GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
1
Eyefinity
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+
HDMI
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-
DisplayPort support
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Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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CUDA
3.0
-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
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1
FreeSync
no data
-
HD3D
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
-
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
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-
Enduro
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon HD 7850 and GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX® 11
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
1.1.126
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 7850 and GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 7850 or GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7850
GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7850
GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7850
GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7850
GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7850
GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7850

18.38% faster in synthetic tests

Advantages of GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition

More memory bandwidth (160.0 GB/s vs 153.6 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon HD 7850 or GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7850 .

AMD Radeon HD 7850 versus GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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Passmark

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User rating

4.1 Out of 73 Hitesti Score
1.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score