NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX vs AMD Radeon HD 6850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX and AMD Radeon HD 6850 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 48.0 billion / sec vs 37.2 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 127 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2717 vs 1965
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 18.251 vs 13.033
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.9 vs 1.333
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 36.241 vs 32.609
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4175 vs 3489
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4175 vs 3489
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 October 2012 vs 21 October 2010
Texture fill rate 48.0 billion / sec vs 37.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 127 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2717 vs 1965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.251 vs 13.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.9 vs 1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 36.241 vs 32.609
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4175 vs 3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4175 vs 3489

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850

  • Around 18% better floating-point performance: 1,488.0 gflops vs 1,256 gflops
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 432 vs 371
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 946.933 vs 665.068
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 139.45 vs 62.895
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 3383
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 3383
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 1,488.0 gflops vs 1,256 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 432 vs 371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 946.933 vs 665.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 139.45 vs 62.895
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 3383
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 vs 3334
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 3383
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 vs 3334

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2717
1965
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
371
432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18.251
13.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
665.068
946.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.9
1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
36.241
32.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
62.895
139.45
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4175
3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3383
3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3334
3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4175
3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3383
3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3334
3348
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX AMD Radeon HD 6850
PassMark - G3D Mark 2717 1965
PassMark - G2D Mark 371 432
Geekbench - OpenCL 10789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.251 13.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 665.068 946.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.9 1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 36.241 32.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 62.895 139.45
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4175 3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3383 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3334 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4175 3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3383 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3334 3348
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX AMD Radeon HD 6850

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK104 Barts
Launch date 1 October 2012 21 October 2010
Place in performance rating 838 840
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $179
Price now $99.99
Value for money (0-100) 28.63

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz
CUDA cores 960
Floating-point performance 1,256 gflops 1,488.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 960 960
Texture fill rate 48.0 billion / sec 37.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 127 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0 AGP
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 198 mm

API support

DirectX 12 API 11
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB / s 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire