Radeon HD 7850 Vs RX 550 [in 1 Benchmark] - Technical City

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	506	621
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.62	2.92
Power efficiency	5.50	9.84
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	Lexa
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	5 March 2012 (13 years ago)	20 April 2017 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

RX 550 has 11% better value for money than HD 7850.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1024	512
Core clock speed	no data	1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1183 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	55.04	37.86
Floating-point processing power	1.761 TFLOPS	1.211 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	64	32
L1 Cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 Cache	512 KB	512 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	210 mm	145 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	112.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2.131