AMD Radeon HD 7850M
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M

AMD Radeon HD 7850M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
HD 7850M GTX 770M Difference
AMD Radeon HD 7850M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
Price $ 964.0 $ 1,100.0 136 (14%)
Year 2012 2013 1 (0%)
Maximum Recorded Temperature 66C 82C 16 (24%)
Max Fan Noise 50.5dB 50.3dB 0.2 (0%)
Recommended Power Supply 40W 75W 35 (87%)
Benchmark CPU Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.50GHz ($199.99) *closest mobile equivalent* Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz ($248.98) *closest mobile equivalent*
CPU Impact on FPS +0.0 FPS +0.0 FPS 0 (0%)
CPU Impact on FPS % 0.0% 0.0% 0 (0%)
Benchmark Quality Settings Ultra Quality Settings Ultra Quality Settings
Average 1080p Performance 23.8 FPS 29.8 FPS 6 (25%)
Average 1440p Performance 16.2 FPS 20.5 FPS 4.3 (27%)
(Ultrawide) Average 1440p Performance 12.8 FPS 17.7 FPS 4.9 (38%)
Average 4K Performance 7.7 FPS 12.6 FPS 4.9 (64%)
Memory 2 GB 3 GB 1 (50%)
1080p Cost Per Frame $ 40.5 $ 36.9 3.6 (9%)
1440p Cost Per Frame $ 59.5 $ 53.7 5.8 (10%)
(Ultrawide) 1440p Cost Per Frame $ 75.3 $ 62.2 13.1 (17%)
4K Cost Per Frame $ 125.2 $ 87.3 37.9 (30%)
Variant AMD Radeon HD 7850M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
Overall Combination Score 24/100 25/100 1 (4%)
Our Verdict: Upgrading from HD 7850M to GTX 770M is not recommended as it is less than 30% of improvement in performance. In general, a reasonable upgrade is between 30% and 50% or more to justify the purchase of new hardware. The price/performance ratio is much better for GTX 770M .

AMD Radeon HD 7850M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M

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AMD Radeon HD 7850M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
Year Game Frames Per Second
2023 Resident Evil 4
15
17.6
20
23.0
2023 A Plague Tale: Requiem
10
12.0
14
15.7
2023 Hogwarts Legacy
9
10.4
12
13.6
2023 The Last of Us Part I
7
8.0
9
10.5
2023 Forspoken
8
9.2
10
12.2
2023 The Callisto Protocol
6
7.2
8
9.4
2023 Dead Space
10
11.9
14
15.7
2023 Baldur's Gate 3
12
14.2
16
18.7
2023 Armored Core VI
12
14.2
16
18.7
2023 Immortals of Aveum
5
6.4
7
8.4
2023 Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
11
12.7
15
16.8
2023 Remnant II
6
7.2
8
9.4
2023 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
8
9.5
11
12.6
2023 Atomic Heart
8
9.5
11
12.6
2023 Starfield
4
4.8
5
6.3
2022 Elden Ring
9
10.4
15
17.0
2022 God of War
8
9.9
14
16.1
2022 Overwatch 2
16
18.3
27
30.0
2022 F1 22
12
14.4
16
18.8
2022 Dying Light 2
12
13.6
16
17.8
2022 Total War: Warhammer III
12
13.6
16
17.8
2022 Spider-Man Remastered
20
22.3
26
29.3
2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
14
16.0
18
20.9
2021 Forza Horizon 5
9
10.0
14
16.3
2021 Halo Infinite
6
7.6
11
12.5
2021 Battlefield 2042
12
14.1
20
23.0
2021 Hitman 3
16
18.3
21
24.1
2021 Far Cry 6
15
17.0
20
22.4
2021 Guardians of the Galaxy
16
18.6
22
24.5
2020 Watch Dogs: Legion
16
18.8
22
24.7
2020 Assassin's Creed Valhalla
7
8.1
11
13.2
2020 Microsoft Flight Simulator
4
5.3
7
8.6
2020 Valorant
31
35.4
51
57.6
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
12
13.9
20
22.6
2020 Death Stranding
14
16.0
23
26.1
2020 Marvel's Avengers
9
10.4
15
17.0
2020 Godfall
14
15.6
22
25.4
2020 Cyberpunk 2077
7
8.1
11
13.2
2019 Apex Legends
17
18.9
28
31.5
2019 Anthem
10
12.2
18
20.3
2019 Far Cry New Dawn
16
17.9
26
29.8
2019 Resident Evil 2
19
21.7
31
35.4
2019 Metro Exodus
8
9.7
14
15.8
2019 World War Z
16
17.9
26
29.1
2019 Gears of War 5
12
14.1
20
22.9
2019 F1 2019
15
17.6
25
28.8
2019 GreedFall
14
15.9
23
25.9
2019 Borderlands 3
10
11.2
16
18.2
2019 Call of Duty Modern Warfare
19
21.5
31
35.0
2019 Red Dead Redemption 2
7
8.3
12
13.5
2019 Need For Speed: Heat
11
13.0
19
21.2
2018 Just Cause 4
12
14.0
20
22.8
2018 Monster Hunter: World
13
15.1
22
24.5
2018 Strange Brigade
20
22.7
33
36.9
2017 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
13
14.7
16
18.5
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
17
19.3
28
31.5
2017 For Honor
23
25.8
37
42.0
2017 Project CARS 2
16
18.3
26
29.8
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
19
22.1
32
36.1
2016 Ashes of the Singularity
10
11.8
13
15.1
2016 Hitman
17
19.0
14
15.8
2016 Rise of the Tomb Raider
13
15.0
16
18.1
2016 Dishonored 2
11
13.3
19
21.7
2015 DiRT Rally
28
32.1
33
36.7
2015 Grand Theft Auto V
15
17.2
19
22.1
2015 The Witcher 3
13
14.8
16
18.6
2015 Total War: Attila
10
11.5
18
20.7
2015 Rocket League
67
75.2
110
122.5
2015 Need For Speed
18
20.9
30
34.0
2015 Project CARS
18
20.0
29
32.6
2015 Rainbow Six Siege
32
36.5
53
59.5
2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition
12
13.9
29
32.7
2014 GRID Autosport
28
32.2
43
48.2
2014 Shadow of Mordor
20
22.7
32
36.0
2014 The Talos Principle
26
29.1
33
37.7
2014 Thief
20
22.4
25
28.6
2013 Bioshock Infinite
26
29.9
43
48.7
2013 Company of Heroes 2
17
19.3
20
22.3
2013 Crysis 3
16
18.2
24
26.7
2013 GRID 2
32
36.3
99
110.6
2013 Metro: Last Light
19
21.8
28
31.2
2013 Total War: Rome 2
18
21.1
25
28.2
2013 Battlefield 4
26
29.8
29
33.0
2012 DiRT: Showdown
32
36.1
37
41.7
2012 Far Cry 3
24
27.4
36
40.1
2012 Hitman: Absolution
35
39.0
24
27.3
2012 Sleeping Dogs
33
37.4
43
48.7
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
46
51.6
75
84.0
2011 Total War: Shogun 2
45
50.5
36
40.0
2011 Battlefield 3
20
23.2
42
47.3
2010 Civilization V
34
38.6
54
60.8
2009 League of Legends
87
96.7
141
157.5
2008 Crysis: Warhead
22
24.8
29
32.4

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AMD Radeon HD 7850M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
Year Game Frames Per Second
2023 Resident Evil 4
10
12.7
13
16.7
2023 A Plague Tale: Requiem
7
8.8
9
11.5
2023 Hogwarts Legacy
6
8.0
8
10.5
2023 The Last of Us Part I
4
6.1
6
8.0
2023 Forspoken
4
6.0
6
8.0
2023 The Callisto Protocol
4
5.1
5
6.7
2023 Dead Space
6
8.0
8
10.5
2023 Baldur's Gate 3
9
11.4
12
15.1
2023 Armored Core VI
9
11.4
12
15.1
2023 Immortals of Aveum
3
4.5
4
5.9
2023 Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
6
8.7
9
11.5
2023 Remnant II
3
4.8
5
6.3
2023 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
5
7.2
7
9.4
2023 Atomic Heart
5
6.8
7
9.0
2023 Starfield
3
4.3
4
5.7
2022 Elden Ring
6
8.3
10
13.4
2022 God of War
6
8.5
11
13.9
2022 Overwatch 2
12
15.8
20
25.8
2022 F1 22
7
8.8
9
11.5
2022 Dying Light 2
7
8.8
9
11.5
2022 Total War: Warhammer III
7
9.6
10
12.5
2022 Spider-Man Remastered
12
16.0
16
20.9
2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
8
10.4
10
13.6
2021 Forza Horizon 5
6
8.6
11
14.0
2021 Halo Infinite
5
6.9
8
11.2
2021 Battlefield 2042
7
9.4
12
15.3
2021 Hitman 3
10
13.1
13
17.2
2021 Far Cry 6
10
12.7
13
16.8
2021 Guardians of the Galaxy
10
13.2
13
17.4
2020 Watch Dogs: Legion
9
12.3
12
16.1
2020 Assassin's Creed Valhalla
5
7.0
9
11.4
2020 Microsoft Flight Simulator
3
4.6
6
7.6
2020 Valorant
23
28.9
37
47.1
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
8
10.9
14
17.7
2020 Death Stranding
9
12.4
16
20.2
2020 Marvel's Avengers
5
7.4
9
12.1
2020 Godfall
8
10.4
13
17.0
2020 Cyberpunk 2077
6
7.5
9
12.3
2019 Apex Legends
11
14.1
18
23.5
2019 Anthem
7
9.7
12
16.1
2019 Far Cry New Dawn
11
13.9
18
23.1
2019 Resident Evil 2
11
14.6
19
23.8
2019 Metro Exodus
6
7.5
9
12.3
2019 World War Z
10
13.0
16
21.2
2019 Gears of War 5
8
10.2
13
16.6
2019 F1 2019
10
12.5
16
20.4
2019 GreedFall
9
11.5
15
18.8
2019 Borderlands 3
6
7.8
10
12.8
2019 Call of Duty Modern Warfare
12
15.5
20
25.2
2019 Red Dead Redemption 2
5
6.8
8
11.1
2019 Need For Speed: Heat
8
10.2
13
16.6
2018 Just Cause 4
8
10.3
13
16.8
2018 Monster Hunter: World
8
10.5
13
17.2
2018 Strange Brigade
12
15.8
20
25.7
2017 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
8
11.2
11
14.6
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
11
14.0
18
22.8
2017 For Honor
12
15.1
19
24.5
2017 Project CARS 2
10
12.9
16
21.0
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
16
20.0
26
32.6
2016 Dishonored 2
9
11.4
14
18.6
2015 Rocket League
25
32.2
42
52.5
2015 Need For Speed
12
16.1
21
26.3
2015 Project CARS
12
15.3
19
24.9
2015 Rainbow Six Siege
18
23.7
30
38.5
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
34
43.0
56
70.0
2011 Total War: Shogun 2
8
10.7
19
24.6
2011 Battlefield 3
18
23.0
24
30.2
2010 Civilization V
21
26.8
34
42.6
2009 League of Legends
42
53.7
70
87.5
2008 Crysis: Warhead
12
15.8
16
20.4

3440x1440

AMD Radeon HD 7850M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
Year Game Frames Per Second
2019 Apex Legends
9
12.0
15
20.0
2019 Anthem
6
8.0
10
13.3
2019 Far Cry New Dawn
8
11.3
14
18.9
2019 Resident Evil 2
8
11.7
14
19.0
2019 Metro Exodus
5
6.6
8
10.6
2019 World War Z
8
11.0
13
17.9
2019 Gears of War 5
6
8.9
11
14.5
2019 F1 2019
8
11.0
13
17.9
2019 GreedFall
6
8.7
10
14.1
2019 Borderlands 3
4
6.4
7
10.4
2019 Call of Duty Modern Warfare
10
13.2
16
21.6
2019 Red Dead Redemption 2
4
6.0
7
9.7
2019 Need For Speed: Heat
6
8.9
11
14.5
2018 Just Cause 4
6
8.4
10
13.7
2018 Monster Hunter: World
6
8.3
10
13.6
2018 Strange Brigade
9
13.1
16
21.2
2017 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
7
9.4
9
12.3
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
9
12.7
15
20.6
2017 For Honor
9
12.0
14
19.7
2017 Project CARS 2
9
12.7
15
20.6
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
14
19.7
24
32.0
2016 Dishonored 2
8
10.9
13
17.8
2015 Rocket League
19
25.3
31
41.2
2015 Need For Speed
10
14.4
17
23.4
2015 Project CARS
10
13.9
17
22.7
2015 Rainbow Six Siege
14
18.6
22
30.2
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
33
43.7
54
71.2
2009 League of Legends
30
40.3
49
65.5

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AMD Radeon HD 7850M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
Year Game Frames Per Second
2023 Resident Evil 4
6
9.6
8
12.5
2023 A Plague Tale: Requiem
3
5.6
5
7.4
2023 Hogwarts Legacy
3
5.6
5
7.4
2023 The Last of Us Part I
2
3.2
2
4.2
2023 Forspoken
2
2.9
2
3.8
2023 The Callisto Protocol
1
2.5
2
3.4
2023 Dead Space
2
3.2
2
4.2
2023 Baldur's Gate 3
4
6.4
5
8.4
2023 Armored Core VI
4
6.4
5
8.4
2023 Immortals of Aveum
1
2.1
1
2.7
2023 Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
3
4.8
4
6.3
2023 Remnant II
1
2.4
2
3.1
2023 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
2
3.5
3
4.6
2023 Atomic Heart
3
4.3
3
5.7
2023 Starfield
2
2.9
2
3.8
2022 Elden Ring
3
4.7
5
7.6
2022 God of War
4
6.6
7
10.8
2022 Overwatch 2
8
11.9
13
19.5
2022 F1 22
4
6.4
5
8.4
2022 Dying Light 2
4
6.4
5
8.4
2022 Total War: Warhammer III
5
7.2
6
9.5
2022 Spider-Man Remastered
7
11.2
10
14.6
2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
4
6.4
5
8.4
2021 Forza Horizon 5
4
6.7
7
10.9
2021 Halo Infinite
3
4.8
5
7.7
2021 Battlefield 2042
4
6.0
6
9.8
2021 Hitman 3
5
8.0
7
10.5
2021 Far Cry 6
4
6.8
6
9.0
2021 Guardians of the Galaxy
5
7.2
6
9.4
2020 Watch Dogs: Legion
5
8.0
7
10.5
2020 Assassin's Creed Valhalla
3
4.8
5
7.7
2020 Microsoft Flight Simulator
2
3.6
4
6.0
2020 Valorant
17
25.1
28
41.0
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
4
5.8
6
9.5
2020 Death Stranding
5
7.6
8
12.3
2020 Marvel's Avengers
2
3.9
4
6.4
2020 Godfall
3
5.0
5
8.1
2020 Cyberpunk 2077
3
5.0
5
8.1
2019 Apex Legends
5
8.4
9
14.0
2019 Anthem
3
5.3
6
8.8
2019 Far Cry New Dawn
5
7.4
8
12.3
2019 Resident Evil 2
5
7.2
8
11.8
2019 Metro Exodus
3
4.8
5
7.7
2019 World War Z
5
7.5
8
12.2
2019 Gears of War 5
4
6.4
7
10.5
2019 F1 2019
5
8.0
9
13.0
2019 GreedFall
3
4.8
5
7.7
2019 Borderlands 3
2
4.1
4
6.7
2019 Call of Duty Modern Warfare
6
9.2
10
15.1
2019 Red Dead Redemption 2
3
4.3
4
7.0
2019 Need For Speed: Heat
4
6.4
7
10.5
2018 Just Cause 4
3
5.4
6
8.8
2018 Monster Hunter: World
3
5.0
5
8.3
2018 Strange Brigade
6
8.6
9
14.0
2017 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
4
6.3
5
8.4
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
6
9.7
11
15.8
2017 For Honor
5
7.5
8
12.3
2017 Project CARS 2
7
10.8
12
17.5
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
11
16.7
19
27.3
2016 Dishonored 2
6
9.0
10
14.7
2015 Rocket League
10
15.0
17
24.5
2015 Need For Speed
7
10.8
12
17.5
2015 Project CARS
7
10.8
12
17.5
2015 Rainbow Six Siege
7
11.0
12
17.9
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
27
38.7
44
63.0
2009 League of Legends
15
21.5
24
35.0
HD 7850M vs GTX 770M with i7-2700K vs i7-3770K at 1080p and ultra vs ultra settings
HD 7850M vs GTX 770M with i7-2700K vs i7-3770K at 1440p and ultra vs ultra settings
HD 7850M vs GTX 770M with i7-2700K vs i7-3770K at 4K and ultra vs ultra settings

AMD Radeon HD 7850M / i7-2700K

In terms of cost, pricing clearly is a genuine issue here and the price of HD 7850M is simply ridiculous. With current 2048 MB RAM, the HD 7850M can have serious memory-related bottlenecks in more modern games. This combination between HD 7850M and Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.50GHz has less than 8% bottleneck in many games and is perfect match to avoid FPS loss. This combination between HD 7850M and Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.50GHz is a perfect match to avoid FPS loss. With current 2048 MB RAM, the HD 7850M can have very few memory-related bottlenecks in more modern games.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M / i7-3770K

In terms of cost, pricing clearly is a genuine issue here and the price of GTX 770M is simply ridiculous. This combination between GTX 770M and Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz has less than 8% bottleneck in many games and is perfect match to avoid FPS loss. This combination between GTX 770M and Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz is a perfect match to avoid FPS loss. With current 3072 MB RAM, the GTX 770M can have very few memory-related bottlenecks in more modern games.

HD 7850M vs GTX 770M Specifications Comparison

Board Design

HD 7850M GTX 770M
OutputsNo outputsNo outputs
TDP40 W75 W

Clock Speeds

HD 7850M GTX 770M
GPU Clock675 MHz706 MHz
Memory Clock1000 MHz 4000 MHz effective1002 MHz 4008 MHz effective

Graphics Card

HD 7850M GTX 770M
Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
GenerationLondon (HD 7800M)GeForce 700M
ProductionEnd-of-lifeEnd-of-life
Release DateApr 24th, 2012May 30th, 2013

Graphics Features

HD 7850M GTX 770M
DirectX12.0 (11_1)12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL1.21.2
OpenGL4.64.6
Shader Model5.15.1
Vulkan1.1.1011.1.103

Graphics Processor

HD 7850M GTX 770M
ArchitectureGCN 1.0Kepler
Die Size123 mm²221 mm²
FoundryTSMCTSMC
GPU NameHeathrowGK106
GPU VariantHeathrow PRON14E-GS-A1
Process Size28 nm28 nm
Transistors1,500 million2,540 million

Memory

HD 7850M GTX 770M
Bandwidth64.00 GB/s96.19 GB/s
Memory Bus128 bit192 bit
Memory Size2 GB3 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5

Render Config

HD 7850M GTX 770M
L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)16 KB (per SMX)
L2 Cache256 KB384 KB
ROPs1624
Shading Units640960
TMUs4080

Theoretical Performance

HD 7850M GTX 770M
FP32 (float) performance864.0 GFLOPS1.530 TFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance54.00 GFLOPS (1:16)63.76 GFLOPS (1:24)
Pixel Rate10.80 GPixel/s15.94 GPixel/s
Texture Rate27.00 GTexel/s63.76 GTexel/s

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