AMD Radeon HD 7850M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Heathrow | GF116 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Heathrow PRO | GF116-200-KA-A1 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Fermi 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 1,170 million |
| Die size | 123 mm² | 238 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Apr 24th, 2012 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | London (HD 7800M) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | — |
| Predecessor | Vancouver | — |
| Successor | Solar System | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 675 MHz | 783 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1000 MHz 4 Gbps effective | 902 MHz 3.6 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1566 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 2 GB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 64.00 GB/s | 57.73 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 640 | 192 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 40 | 32 |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| Compute units | 10 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 256 KB |
| SM count | — | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 10.80 GPixel/s | 6.264 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 27.00 GTexel/s | 25.06 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 864.0 GFLOPS | 601.3 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 54.00 GFLOPS (1:16) | 50.11 GFLOPS (1:12) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | 40 W | 106 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | 2x DVI1x mini-HDMI |
| Slot width | — | Dual-slot |
| Length | — | 210 mm 8.3 inches |
| Suggested PSU | — | 300 W |
| Power connectors | — | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | — | P1060, P1062 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 2.1 |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Mar 15th, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 400 |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 80 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 200 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 500 |
