AMD Radeon HD 7850M
The AMD Radeon HD 7850M is a graphics card released on April 1, 2012, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus, 64.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 675 MHz and a 40 W board power rating. It scores 1,373 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4.
Depth: 30 recorded fields
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The AMD Radeon HD 7850M scores 1,373 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 60% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,228), measured across 8 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 566.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon HD 7850M states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 675 MHz, DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4, first benchmarked on 2012-06-28. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The AMD Radeon HD 7850M is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Heathrow Pro graphics processor and is manufactured on a 28 nm process.
Clock speeds
The AMD Radeon HD 7850M runs at a base clock of 675 MHz.
Memory
The AMD Radeon HD 7850M is equipped with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 64.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The AMD Radeon HD 7850M has a board power rating of 40 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.
Market
The AMD Radeon HD 7850M was released on April 1, 2012.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The AMD Radeon HD 7850M supports DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4.
CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon HD 7850M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon HD 7850M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon HD 7850M.
Naming and aliases
The AMD Radeon HD 7850M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as Radeon (TM) HD 7850M.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon HD 7850M have?
The AMD Radeon HD 7850M has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 64.0 GB/s.
How much power does the AMD Radeon HD 7850M use and what power supply does it need?
The AMD Radeon HD 7850M has a board power rating of 40 W.
How fast is the AMD Radeon HD 7850M?
The AMD Radeon HD 7850M scores 1,373 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 60% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,228.
What bus interface does the AMD Radeon HD 7850M use?
The AMD Radeon HD 7850M connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.
When was the AMD Radeon HD 7850M released?
The AMD Radeon HD 7850M was released on April 1, 2012.
Corrections to this record
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- Architecture: GCN (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip Heathrow -> GCN 1. Sources: Wikipedia: List of AMD graphics processing units (revision 1376670003).
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