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

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 GTX 680M SLI.

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

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon HD 6850  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI 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
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

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon HD 6850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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 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 GTX 680M SLI.

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

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 GTX 680M SLI.

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

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

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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
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
-
TrueAudio
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-
ZeroCore
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-
Enduro
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Verde Drivers
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon HD 6850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI 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
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 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

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

Overall benchmark performance

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Passmark

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User rating

4.3 Out of 44 Hitesti Score
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