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
GPU 1
GPU 2
1965
2650
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
432
441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.033
19.079
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
946.933
741.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.333
2.516
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
32.609
24.513
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
139.45
64.492
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3489
2999
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3660
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3489
2999
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3660
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3321
Name AMD Radeon HD 6850 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465
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

Essentials

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

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

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

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

DirectX 11 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.2

Memory

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

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround