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 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 | ATI Radeon E4690 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-II |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 10.1 |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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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 |