AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

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 X2  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A.

423
Place in performance rating
427
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Maxwell
Barts
Code name
GM107
Desktop
Type
Desktop
19 September 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
13 March 2015 (6 years ago)
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Price now
$243
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Value for money
4.55
Barts
GPU code name
GM107
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 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
640
800 MHz
Core clock speed
1029 MHz
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Boost Clock
1085 MHz
1,700 million
Transistor count
1,870 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
254 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
38.40
Texture fill rate
43.40
2x 1,536.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,389 gflops
960
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
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Boost clock speed
1085 MHz
1,700 million
Number of transistors
1,870 million
254 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
2x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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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 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
4200 MHz
Memory clock speed
5012 MHz
134.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
80.19 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 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A.

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

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 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. 

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

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 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 X2 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
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 X2

0.57% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (960 vs 640)

More memory bandwidth (134.4 GB/s vs 80.19 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 254 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A?

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

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

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