AMD Radeon HD 6850 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6850 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
- Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 37.2 GTexel / s vs 26.7 billion / sec
- 2.7x more pipelines: 960 vs 352
- Around 74% better floating-point performance: 1,488.0 gflops vs 855.4 gflops
- Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 127 Watt vs 200 Watt
- Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 946.933 vs 741.303
- Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 32.609 vs 24.513
- 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 139.45 vs 64.492
- Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3489 vs 2999
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 3660
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 3321
- Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3489 vs 2999
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 3660
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 3321
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 21 October 2010 vs 31 May 2010 |
Texture fill rate | 37.2 GTexel / s vs 26.7 billion / sec |
Pipelines | 960 vs 352 |
Floating-point performance | 1,488.0 gflops vs 855.4 gflops |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 127 Watt vs 200 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 946.933 vs 741.303 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 32.609 vs 24.513 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 139.45 vs 64.492 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3489 vs 2999 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3708 vs 3660 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3348 vs 3321 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3489 vs 2999 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3708 vs 3660 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3348 vs 3321 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465
- Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2650 vs 1965
- Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 441 vs 432
- Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 19.079 vs 13.033
- Around 89% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.516 vs 1.333
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2650 vs 1965 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 441 vs 432 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 19.079 vs 13.033 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.516 vs 1.333 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6850
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 6850 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 1965 | 2650 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 432 | 441 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 13.033 | 19.079 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 946.933 | 741.303 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.333 | 2.516 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 32.609 | 24.513 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 139.45 | 64.492 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3489 | 2999 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3708 | 3660 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3348 | 3321 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3489 | 2999 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3708 | 3660 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3348 | 3321 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 9276 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 6850 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Fermi |
Code name | Barts | GF100 |
Design | AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series | |
Launch date | 21 October 2010 | 31 May 2010 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $179 | $279 |
Place in performance rating | 840 | 842 |
Price now | $99.99 | $263.28 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 28.63 | 12.73 |
Technical info |
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Floating-point performance | 1,488.0 gflops | 855.4 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 960 | 352 |
Texture fill rate | 37.2 GTexel / s | 26.7 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 127 Watt | 200 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,700 million | 3,100 million |
Compute performance | 30x | |
Core clock speed | 1215 MHz | |
CUDA cores | 352 | |
Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
DisplayPort support | ||
Dual-link DVI support | ||
Eyefinity | ||
VGA | ||
Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Multi monitor support | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | AGP | PCI-E 2.0 x 16 |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 198 mm | 9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm) |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | Two 6-pins |
Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | |
SLI options | 2-way3-way | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.2 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 128.0 GB / s | 102.6 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Memory clock speed | 1603 MHz (3206 data rate) | |
Technologies |
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CrossFire | ||
3D Vision | ||
CUDA | ||
DSR | ||
SLI | ||
Surround |