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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

239%
239%

AMD Radeon HD 7850

52%
52%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 is approximately 187% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD Radeon HD 7850
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GK110
Pitcairn
CoresDifferent
2304
1024
TMUsDifferent
192
64
ROPsDifferent
48
32
Memory SizeDifferent
3 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
384 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD Radeon HD 7850
GPU NameDifferent
GK110
Pitcairn
GPU VariantDifferent
GK110-300-A1
Pitcairn PRO(215-0828062)
ArchitectureDifferent
Kepler
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
7,080 million
2,800 million
DensityDifferent
12.6M / mm²
13.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
561 mm²
212 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2152
FCBGA-1737

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD Radeon HD 7850
Release DateDifferent
May 23rd, 2013
Mar 5th, 2012
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 700
Southern Islands(HD 7800)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 600
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 900
Sea Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
649 USD
249 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
155 in our database
71 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD Radeon HD 7850
Base ClockDifferent
863 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
902 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
1502 MHz6 Gbps effective
1200 MHz4.8 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
860 MHz

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD Radeon HD 7850
Memory SizeDifferent
3 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
384 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
288.4 GB/s
153.6 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD Radeon HD 7850
Shading UnitsDifferent
2304
1024
TMUsDifferent
192
64
ROPsDifferent
48
32
SMX CountDifferent
12
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
16 KB (per SMX)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
1536 KB
512 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
16

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD Radeon HD 7850
Pixel RateDifferent
43.30 GPixel/s
27.52 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
173.2 GTexel/s
55.04 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
4.156 TFLOPS
1.761 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
173.2 GFLOPS (1:24)
110.1 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD Radeon HD 7850
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
210 mm8.3 inches
HeightDifferent
111 mm4.4 inches
N/A
WidthDifferent
38 mm1.5 inches
N/A
TDPDifferent
250 W
130 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
600 W
300 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
P2083 SKU 20, P2083 SKU 21
109-C40147-00, 109-C40337-00A

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD Radeon HD 7850
DirectXDifferent
12 (11_0)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
3.0
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.2.175
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
3.5
N/A
Shader Model
6.5 (5.1)
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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