AMD Radeon HD 7850 vs NVIDIA GeForce 210
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Pitcairn | GT218 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Pitcairn PRO (215-0828062) | GT218-300-A2 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Tesla 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 2,800 million | 260 million |
| Die size | 212 mm² | 57 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Mar 5th, 2012 | Oct 12th, 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Southern Islands | GeForce 200 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 249 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 71 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Northern Islands | GeForce 9 |
| Successor | Sea Islands | GeForce 400 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 860 MHz | 520 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1200 MHz 4.8 Gbps effective | 400 MHz 800 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1230 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 2 GB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 6.400 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 1024 | 16 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 64 | 8 |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| Compute units | 16 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 512 KB | 32 KB |
| SM count | — | 2 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 27.52 GPixel/s | 2.080 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 55.04 GTexel/s | 4.160 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 1.761 TFLOPS | 39.36 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 110.1 GFLOPS (1:16) | — |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 210 mm 8.3 inches | 168 mm 6.6 inches |
| TDP | 130 W | 31 W |
| Suggested PSU | 300 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI2x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI1x DisplayPort1x VGA |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
| Board number | C401-47 | P691, P873 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 11.1 (10_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| CUDA | — | 1.2 |
