AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition
AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
1690
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Value for money (0-100)
0.12
GCN
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Kaveri Spectre
Code name
Cypress
Desktop
Type
Desktop
14 January 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
21 August 2012
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Price now
$231
Kaveri Spectre
GPU code name
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Desktop
Market segment
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Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

512
Pipelines
1440
720 MHz
Core clock speed
725 MHz
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Transistor count
2,154 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
151 Watt
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Texture fill rate
52.20
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Floating-point performance
2,088 gflops
512
Pipelines / CUDA cores
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition.

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Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
241 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin

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 R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition is the additional functionality.

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DirectCompute 5.0
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.2
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
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OpenGL
4.4

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition 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 R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) or AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition
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 R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)

6.79% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition

More pipelines (1440 vs 512)

So, AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) or AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) .

AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) versus AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition performance benchmarks comparison

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