Radeon HD 7850M vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge

In this comparison between Radeon HD 7850M and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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 Radeon HD 7850M will be the best choice, for others Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Radeon HD 7850M and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Radeon HD 7850M and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 7850M Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 12-45 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 7850M has 233% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Radeon HD 7850M is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • Radeon HD 7850M and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 3−4
ultra / 1080p 3−4 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 14−16
medium / 1080p 7−8 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 7850M Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Architecture GCN GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name Heathrow Pro Bristol Ridge
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 24 April 2012 1 June 2016
Pipelines 640 384
Core clock speed 675 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 27.00
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
Shared memory - +
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Laptop size large medium sized
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