AMD Radeon HD 7850
VS
AMD Radeon RX 550
AMD Radeon HD 7850
VS
AMD Radeon RX 550

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 7850 and AMD Radeon RX 550. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

317
Place in performance rating
398
8.71
Value for money (0-100)
32.72
GCN 1.0
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Pitcairn
Code name
Lexa
Desktop
Type
Desktop
5 March 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
20 April 2017 (4 years ago)
$249
Launch price (MSRP)
$79
$277 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$851 (10.8x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
4.63
Value for money
2.89
Pitcairn
GPU code name
Lexa
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 7850 and AMD Radeon RX 550 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1024
Pipelines
512
no data
Core clock speed
1100 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost Clock
1183 MHz
2,800 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
225 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
55.04
Texture fill rate
37.86
1,761 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,211 gflops
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
1183 MHz
2,800 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
225 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 7850 and AMD Radeon RX 550.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
210 mm
Length
145 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCIe 2.1 x16
Bus support
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon HD 7850 and AMD Radeon RX 550 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1200 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
153.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 7850 and AMD Radeon RX 550, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
1
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon HD 7850 and AMD Radeon RX 550 is the additional functionality.

-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
-
HD3D
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
-
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
-
Enduro
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 7850 and AMD Radeon RX 550. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

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

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 7850 and AMD Radeon RX 550 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 AMD Radeon RX 550 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7850
AMD Radeon RX 550
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7850
AMD Radeon RX 550
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7850
AMD Radeon RX 550
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7850
AMD Radeon RX 550
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7850
AMD Radeon RX 550
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7850

6.12% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($277 (1.1x MSRP) vs $851 (10.8x MSRP))

More pipelines (1024 vs 512)

More memory bandwidth (153.6 GB/s vs 112.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 225 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

So, AMD Radeon HD 7850 or AMD Radeon RX 550?

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

AMD Radeon HD 7850 versus AMD Radeon RX 550 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon HD 7850
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 550