AMD Radeon HD 6850 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6850 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6850

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
19.4x more texture fill rate: 37.2 GTexel / s vs 1.92 GTexel / s
240x more pipelines: 960 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
38.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1956 vs 51
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 433 vs 211

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 October 2010 vs 1 March 2007
Texture fill rate	37.2 GTexel / s vs 1.92 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1956 vs 51
PassMark - G2D Mark	433 vs 211

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6850
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1956

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

433

211

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6850	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300
PassMark - G3D Mark	1956	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	433	211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	13.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	946.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	139.45
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6850	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R500
Code name	Barts	M71
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	21 October 2010	1 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Place in performance rating	831	834
Price now	$99.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	28.63
Technical info
Floating-point performance	1,488.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	960	4
Texture fill rate	37.2 GTexel / s	1.92 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	127 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		480 MHz
Core clock speed		480 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	AGP
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	400 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Shared memory		no
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire