FirePro W600 vs Radeon HD 7850M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W600 and Radeon HD 7850M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W600 stacks up against Radeon HD 7850M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 7850M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 7850M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 7850M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W600 Radeon HD 7850M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 40 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • FirePro W600 has 87% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7850M.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W600 and Radeon HD 7850M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • FirePro W600 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7850M - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W600 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7850M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W600 is 75 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7850M.
  • FirePro W600 and Radeon HD 7850M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W600 and Radeon HD 7850M is 4000 MHz.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 6−7
ultra / 1080p 5−6 3−4
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 14−16
medium / 1080p 10−11 7−8
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W600 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 25% more, than Radeon HD 7850M.

Full Specs

  FirePro W600 Radeon HD 7850M
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN
Code name Cape Verde Heathrow Pro
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 13 June 2012 24 April 2012
Pipelines 512 640
Core clock speed 750 MHz 675 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 24.00 27.00
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 864.0 gflops
Length 163 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 94 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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