AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 vs ATI Radeon E4690

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 and ATI Radeon E4690 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 12.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
  • 6x more pipelines: 2x 960 vs 320
  • 8x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • 3x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 1400 MHz
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 373 vs 347
  • 6.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2534 vs 405
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 September 2011 vs 1 June 2009
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 960 vs 320
Floating-point performance 2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 2x 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 4200 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 373 vs 347
PassMark - G3D Mark 2534 vs 405

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon E4690

  • 8.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 254 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 254 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
GPU 2: ATI Radeon E4690

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
373
347
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2534
405
Name AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 ATI Radeon E4690
Geekbench - OpenCL 3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.789
PassMark - G2D Mark 373 347
PassMark - G3D Mark 2534 405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3302

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 ATI Radeon E4690

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale
Code name Barts RV730
Launch date 19 September 2011 1 June 2009
Place in performance rating 720 723
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 800 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 1,536.0 gflops 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 2x 960 320
Texture fill rate 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec 19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 254 Watt 30 Watt
Transistor count 1,700 million 514 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 2x 134.4 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4200 MHz 1400 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3