AMD Radeon HD 7850
VS
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
AMD Radeon HD 7850
VS
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 7850 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

317
Place in performance rating
1016
8.71
Value for money (0-100)
2.30
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Tesla
Pitcairn
Code name
G86
Desktop
Type
Workstation
5 March 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
4 October 2007 (14 years ago)
$249
Launch price (MSRP)
$149
$277 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$107 (0.7x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
4.63
Value for money
0.02
Pitcairn
GPU code name
G86
Desktop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 7850 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1024
Pipelines
16
no data
Core clock speed
459 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
2,800 million
Transistor count
210 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
225 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
21 Watt
55.04
Texture fill rate
3.672
1,761 gflops
Floating-point performance
29.376 gflops
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,800 million
Number of transistors
210 million
225 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
21 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 7850 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
210 mm
Length
168 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 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR2
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1200 MHz
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
153.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
6.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 7850 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DMS-59
1
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
no data
-
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon HD 7850 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 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 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 11
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.6
OpenGL
3.3
+
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 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 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 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7850
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7850
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7850
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7850
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7850
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
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

16.96% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1024 vs 16)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 80 nm)

More memory bandwidth (153.6 GB/s vs 6.4 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Cheaper ($107 (0.7x MSRP) vs $277 (1.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (21 Watt vs 225 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (256 MB vs 2 GB)

So, AMD Radeon HD 7850 or NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290?

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

AMD Radeon HD 7850 versus NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 performance benchmarks comparison

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