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AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Graphics Processor
Heathrow
Cores
640
TMUs
40
ROPs
16
Memory Size
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The Radeon HD 7850M was a mobile graphics chip by AMD, launched on April 24th, 2012. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Heathrow graphics processor, in its Heathrow PRO variant, the chip supports DirectX 12. Even though it supports DirectX 12, the feature level is only 11_1, which can be problematic with newer DirectX 12 titles. The Heathrow graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 123 mm² and 1,500 million transistors. It features 640 shading units, 40 texture mapping units, and 16 ROPs. AMD has paired 2,048 MB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon HD 7850M, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 675 MHz, memory is running at 1000 MHz (4 Gbps effective).
Its power draw is rated at 40 W maximum. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. Rather it is intended for use in laptop/notebooks and will use the output of the host mobile device. Radeon HD 7850M is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Heathrow
GPU Variant
Heathrow PRO
(216-0835063)
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
Transistors
1,500 million
Density
12.2M / mm²
Die Size
123 mm²
Chip Package
FCBGA-962

Mobile Graphics

Release Date
Apr 24th, 2012
Generation
London
(HD 7800M)
Predecessor
Vancouver
Successor
Solar System
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
12%
GeForce 9400 GT
15%
Radeon HD 4550
19%
Radeon HD 5450
24%
Radeon HD 6450
28%
GeForce GT 520
30%
GeForce GT 220
37%
GeForce GT 430
48%
Radeon HD 5570
49%
Radeon HD 4670
53%
GeForce GT 440
56%
GeForce GT 240
57%
GeForce 9600 GT
65%
Radeon HD 5670
69%
GeForce GT 640
74%
GeForce 9800 GT
77%
Radeon HD 6670
80%
Radeon HD 4830
83%
Radeon HD 4770
88%
Radeon HD 4850
93%
GeForce GTS 250
95%
GeForce GTS 450
98%
Radeon HD 7850M
100%
Radeon HD 5750
101%
Radeon HD 7750
116%
Radeon HD 5770
117%
GeForce GTX 260
119%
Radeon HD 4870
120%
Radeon Vega 8
120%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
122%
GeForce GTX 650
123%
Radeon HD 5830
130%
Radeon HD 6790
136%
Radeon HD 4890
139%
GeForce GTX 460
144%
Radeon RX Vega 11
145%
GeForce GT 1030
146%
GeForce GTX 275
148%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
148%
GeForce GTX 280
148%
GeForce GTX 465
151%
Radeon HD 6850
159%
GeForce GTX 285
162%
Radeon HD 5850
173%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
177%
Radeon HD 7790
177%
Radeon RX 550
184%
GeForce GTX 470
185%
Radeon HD 6870
191%
Radeon HD 5870
204%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
210%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
212%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
215%
Radeon HD 6950
216%
GeForce GTX 295
224%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
227%
Radeon HD 7850
228%
GeForce GTX 480
232%
Radeon HD 6970
243%
Radeon R7 265
248%
Radeon RX 460
252%
Radeon R7 370
252%
GeForce GTX 660
253%
GeForce GTX 570
254%
Radeon RX 560
258%
GeForce GTX 950
274%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
276%
Radeon R9 270X
283%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
286%
GeForce GTX 580
288%
GeForce GTX 1050
290%
Radeon HD 7950
291%
GeForce GTX 1630
296%
Radeon HD 5970
296%
GeForce GTX 760
305%
GeForce GTX 670
328%
GeForce GTX 960
336%
Radeon R9 380
345%
Radeon R9 285
347%
Radeon HD 7970
350%
GeForce GTX 680
354%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
362%
GeForce GTX 770
372%
Radeon HD 6990
380%
Radeon R9 280X
390%
GeForce GTX 590
395%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
395%
GeForce GTX 780
438%
Arc A380
439%
Radeon RX 6400
445%
GeForce GTX 1650
454%
Radeon RX 470
482%
Radeon R9 290
489%
Radeon RX 570
515%
Radeon R9 390
521%
Radeon R9 290X
524%
GeForce GTX 970
531%
GeForce GTX TITAN
538%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
545%
Radeon R9 390X
553%
Radeon HD 7990
556%
Radeon RX 480
558%
GeForce GTX 690
563%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
578%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
586%
Radeon RX 580
593%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
598%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
603%
GeForce GTX 980
605%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
611%
Radeon R9 FURY
613%
Radeon RX 590
641%
Radeon R9 295X2
675%
GeForce GTX 1660
678%
Radeon R9 FURY X
686%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
698%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
716%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
737%
GeForce GTX 1070
779%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
779%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
791%
Radeon RX Vega 56
829%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
879%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
892%
Radeon RX Vega 64
904%
GeForce GTX 1080
917%
GeForce RTX 2060
917%
Radeon RX 5700
955%
Arc A580
957%
Radeon RX 6600
996%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
1030%
GeForce RTX 2070
1043%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
1044%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
1065%
Arc A750
1099%
Radeon VII
1105%
TITAN X Pascal
1134%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
1146%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
1168%
Arc A770
1180%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
1181%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
1242%
Radeon RX 7600
1256%
GeForce RTX 4060
1262%
GeForce RTX 2080
1270%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
1296%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
1331%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
1364%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
1412%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
1499%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
1515%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
1526%
GeForce RTX 3070
1597%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
1709%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
1727%
Radeon RX 6800
1761%
GeForce RTX 4070
1951%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
2000%
GeForce RTX 3080
2076%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
2097%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
2155%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
2263%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
2306%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
2325%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
2328%
GeForce RTX 3090
2369%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
2429%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
2653%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
2725%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
2748%
GeForce RTX 4080
3085%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
3132%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
3161%
GeForce RTX 4090
3876%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
675 MHz
Memory Clock
1000 MHz
4 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
64.00 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
640
TMUs
40
ROPs
16
Compute Units
10
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
256 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
10.80 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
27.00 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
864.0 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
54.00 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

TDP
40 W
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent
Power Connectors
None
Board Number
C434

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan
1.2.170
Shader Model
6.5 (5.1)

Heathrow GPU Notes

Generation: Southern Islands
Desktop Variant: Cape Verde
Mobile Variant: Chelsea / Venus / Tropo
Graphics/Compute: GFX6 (gfx601)
Display Core Engine: 6.0
Unified Video Decoder: 4.0
Video Compression Engine: 1.0
CLRX: GCN 1.0
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