FirePro V7900 vs Radeon HD 7850

In this comparison between FirePro V7900 and Radeon HD 7850 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people FirePro V7900 will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 7850 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon HD 7850
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7850 has 49% more power consumption, than FirePro V7900.
  • FirePro V7900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7850 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro V7900 and Radeon HD 7850 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V7900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon HD 7850 - with GCN 1.0.
  • FirePro V7900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7850 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro V7900 is 69 mm longer, than Radeon HD 7850.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 3800 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 18−20
ultra / 1080p 6−7 10−12
QHD / 1440p 1−2 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 24−27 35−40
medium / 1080p 14−16 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 72% more, than FirePro V7900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon HD 7850
Architecture TeraScale 3 GCN 1.0
Code name Cayman Pitcairn
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 May 2011 5 March 2012
Pipelines 1280 1024
Core clock speed 725 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00 55.04
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops 1,761 gflops
Length 279 mm 210 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16 PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 171 Mh/s 249 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 12.5 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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