Quadro CX vs Radeon HD 7850M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro CX 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 Quadro CX 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

  Quadro CX Radeon HD 7850M
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 40 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video No outputs
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  • Quadro CX has 275% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7850M.
  • Quadro CX is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7850M uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro CX has 1534 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7850M.
  • Quadro CX is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7850M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro CX is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7850M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7850M is 73 MHz higher, than Quadro CX.
  • Quadro CX is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7850M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7850M is 2400 MHz higher, than Quadro CX.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 1−2 6−7
ultra / 1080p 0−1 3−4
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 10−12 14−16
medium / 1080p 2−3 7−8
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 80% more, than Quadro CX.

Full Specs

  Quadro CX Radeon HD 7850M
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN
Code name GT200B Heathrow Pro
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 11 November 2008 24 April 2012
Pipelines 192 640
Core clock speed 602 MHz 675 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 38.53 27.00
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops 864.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 4.0 5.1
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 1.3
Laptop size large
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