GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile vs Radeon HD 7850

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7850 with GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile, including specs and performance data.

HD 7850
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 130 Watt
10.02

RTX 2080 Super Mobile outperforms HD 7850 by a whopping 292% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking451113
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.81no data
Power efficiency5.3718.24
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code namePitcairnTU104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date5 March 2012 (12 years ago)2 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores10243072
Core clock speedno data1365 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate55.04299.5
Floating-point processing power1.761 TFLOPS9.585 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs64192
Tensor Coresno data384
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCIe 2.1 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2.140
CUDA-7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 7850 10.02
RTX 2080 Super Mobile 39.26
+292%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

HD 7850 5210
RTX 2080 Super Mobile 24960
+379%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD35−40
−294%
138
+294%
1440p24−27
−296%
95
+296%
4K14−16
−343%
62
+343%

Cost per frame, $

1080p7.11no data
1440p10.38no data
4K17.79no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 98
+0%
98
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 109
+0%
109
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Far Cry 5 144
+0%
144
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 157
+0%
157
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Hitman 3 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 121
+0%
121
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 99
+0%
99
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Far Cry 5 107
+0%
107
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 117
+0%
117
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Hitman 3 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 91
+0%
91
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 217
+0%
217
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 278
+0%
278
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 62
+0%
62
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 74
+0%
74
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Far Cry 5 75
+0%
75
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Hitman 3 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 154
+0%
154
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 183
+0%
183
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 103
+0%
103
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 107
+0%
107
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 81
+0%
81
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 57
+0%
57
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 57
+0%
57
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Far Cry 5 56
+0%
56
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Hitman 3 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 121
+0%
121
+0%
Metro Exodus 90
+0%
90
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 137
+0%
137
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 274
+0%
274
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 86
+0%
86
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 46
+0%
46
+0%
Hitman 3 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Metro Exodus 75
+0%
75
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 76
+0%
76
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 38
+0%
38
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 34
+0%
34
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Far Cry 5 33
+0%
33
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 78
+0%
78
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 49
+0%
49
+0%

This is how HD 7850 and RTX 2080 Super Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 294% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 296% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 343% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.02 39.26
Recency 5 March 2012 2 April 2020
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 150 Watt

HD 7850 has 15.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 2080 Super Mobile, on the other hand, has a 291.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7850 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7850 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile is a notebook one.


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