AMD Radeon HD 6850
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
AMD Radeon HD 6850
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

470
Place in performance rating
196
13.93
Value for money (0-100)
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TeraScale 2
Architecture
Kepler
Barts
Code name
N13E-GTX
Desktop
Type
Laptop
21 October 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
4 June 2012 (9 years ago)
$179
Launch price (MSRP)
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$285 (1.6x MSRP)
Price now
$149
reference
Design
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1.19
Value for money
26.57
Barts
GPU code name
N13E-GTX
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 6850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

960
Pipelines
2688
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Core clock speed
720 MHz
1,700 million
Transistor count
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40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
127 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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37.20
Texture fill rate
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1,488.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
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960
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2688
1,700 million
Number of transistors
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127 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 6850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
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198 mm
Length
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1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
AGP
Bus support
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon HD 6850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2x 4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
2x 256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
3600 MHz
128.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
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1
Eyefinity
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+
HDMI
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-
DisplayPort support
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon HD 6850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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CUDA
+
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Optimus
+
-
AppAcceleration
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1
CrossFire
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-
HD3D
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-
PowerTune
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-
TrueAudio
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-
ZeroCore
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-
Enduro
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Verde Drivers
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 6850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 11
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
4.4
OpenGL
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5.0
Shader Model
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1.2
OpenCL
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-
Mantle
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 6850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 6850 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6850
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6850
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6850
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6850
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6850
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6850

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI

19.95% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($149 vs $285 (1.6x MSRP))

More pipelines (2688 vs 960)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (2x 4 GB vs 1 GB)

So, AMD Radeon HD 6850 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI .

AMD Radeon HD 6850 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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