NVIDIA GRID K180Q
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
NVIDIA GRID K180Q
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GRID K180Q and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

842
Place in performance rating
423
Kepler
Architecture
TeraScale 2
GK107
Code name
Barts
Workstation
Type
Desktop
28 June 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
19 September 2011 (10 years ago)
$125
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
GK107
GPU code name
Barts
Workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GRID K180Q and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
960
850 MHz
Core clock speed
800 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
1,700 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
130 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
254 Watt
13.60
Texture fill rate
38.40
326.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
2x 1,536.0 gflops
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
960
1,270 million
Number of transistors
1,700 million
130 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
254 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GRID K180Q and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
no data
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-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 NVIDIA GRID K180Q and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1782 MHz
Memory clock speed
4200 MHz
28.51 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
134.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GRID K180Q and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
no data
HDMI
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GRID K180Q and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GRID K180Q and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 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 NVIDIA GRID K180Q or AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GRID K180Q
AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GRID K180Q
AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GRID K180Q
AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GRID K180Q
AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GRID K180Q
AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
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 NVIDIA GRID K180Q

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (130 Watt vs 254 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

8.11% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (960 vs 192)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (134.4 GB/s vs 28.51 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GRID K180Q or AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 .

NVIDIA GRID K180Q versus AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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