AMD Radeon HD 6850
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
AMD Radeon HD 6850
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon HD 6850  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT.

470
Place in performance rating
864
13.93
Value for money (0-100)
3.62
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Tesla
Barts
Code name
G92
Desktop
Type
Desktop
21 October 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
21 July 2008 (13 years ago)
$179
Launch price (MSRP)
$160
$285 (1.6x MSRP)
Price now
$243 (1.5x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
1.19
Value for money
0.06
Barts
GPU code name
G92
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon HD 6850  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

960
Pipelines
112
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Core clock speed
600 MHz
1,700 million
Transistor count
754 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
127 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
37.20
Texture fill rate
33.6 billion/sec
1,488.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
336.0 gflops
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
no data
CUDA cores
112
960
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
1,700 million
Number of transistors
754 million
127 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
105 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon HD 6850 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
198 mm
Length
9" (22.9 cm)
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
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SLI options
+
AGP
Bus support
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon HD 6850 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
900 MHz
128.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon HD 6850 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
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Multi monitor support
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
1
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
no data
-
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
CUDA
+
-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
-
HD3D
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
-
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
-
Enduro
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon HD 6850 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX® 11
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.4
OpenGL
2.1
5.0
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 6850 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 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 9800 GT 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 9800 GT
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6850
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6850
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6850
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6850
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6850

7.11% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (960 vs 112)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 65 nm)

More memory bandwidth (128.0 GB/s vs 57.6 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Cheaper ($243 (1.5x MSRP) vs $285 (1.6x MSRP))

Less power consumption (105 Watt vs 127 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon HD 6850 or NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT?

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

AMD Radeon HD 6850 versus NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.3 Out of 44 Hitesti Score
3.2 Out of 126 Hitesti Score