Radeon HD 6850 vs GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile with Radeon HD 6850, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1080 Mobile
2016
8 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
35.54
+597%

GTX 1080 Mobile outperforms HD 6850 by a whopping 597% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking140626
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation42.141.05
Power efficiency16.242.75
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGP104Barts
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)21 October 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499.99 $179

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1080 Mobile has 3913% better value for money than HD 6850.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2560960
Core clock speed1607 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1771 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 million1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt127 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate283.437.20
Floating-point processing power9.068 TFLOPS1.488 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs16048

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0AGP
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data198 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed10 GB/sno data
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s128.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
Eyefinity-+
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire-+
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)DirectX® 11
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1080 Mobile 35.54
+597%
HD 6850 5.10

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 1080 Mobile 21394
+770%
HD 6850 2460

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD115
+619%
16−18
−619%
1440p71
+610%
10−12
−610%
4K53
+657%
7−8
−657%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.3511.19
1440p7.0417.90
4K9.4325.57

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+663%
8−9
−663%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 59
+638%
8−9
−638%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 78
+680%
10−11
−680%
Battlefield 5 115
+619%
16−18
−619%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 93
+675%
12−14
−675%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+663%
8−9
−663%
Far Cry 5 97
+708%
12−14
−708%
Far Cry New Dawn 129
+617%
18−20
−617%
Forza Horizon 4 214
+613%
30−33
−613%
Hitman 3 91
+658%
12−14
−658%
Horizon Zero Dawn 188
+683%
24−27
−683%
Metro Exodus 140
+678%
18−20
−678%
Red Dead Redemption 2 92
+667%
12−14
−667%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 129
+617%
18−20
−617%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150
+614%
21−24
−614%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 106
+657%
14−16
−657%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 68
+656%
9−10
−656%
Battlefield 5 107
+664%
14−16
−664%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 86
+617%
12−14
−617%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+663%
8−9
−663%
Far Cry 5 102
+629%
14−16
−629%
Far Cry New Dawn 100
+614%
14−16
−614%
Forza Horizon 4 195
+622%
27−30
−622%
Hitman 3 87
+625%
12−14
−625%
Horizon Zero Dawn 186
+675%
24−27
−675%
Metro Exodus 126
+600%
18−20
−600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 82
+720%
10−11
−720%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
+611%
18−20
−611%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 145
+706%
18−20
−706%
Watch Dogs: Legion 149
+610%
21−24
−610%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 53
+657%
7−8
−657%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 59
+638%
8−9
−638%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 66
+633%
9−10
−633%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+663%
8−9
−663%
Far Cry 5 77
+670%
10−11
−670%
Forza Horizon 4 102
+629%
14−16
−629%
Hitman 3 76
+660%
10−11
−660%
Horizon Zero Dawn 123
+669%
16−18
−669%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
+611%
18−20
−611%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 74
+640%
10−11
−640%
Watch Dogs: Legion 51
+629%
7−8
−629%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 83
+730%
10−11
−730%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 80
+700%
10−11
−700%
Far Cry New Dawn 69
+667%
9−10
−667%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 42
+600%
6−7
−600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 46
+667%
6−7
−667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 49
+600%
7−8
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+800%
3−4
−800%
Far Cry 5 47
+683%
6−7
−683%
Forza Horizon 4 193
+615%
27−30
−615%
Hitman 3 54
+671%
7−8
−671%
Horizon Zero Dawn 89
+642%
12−14
−642%
Metro Exodus 74
+640%
10−11
−640%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 85−90
+608%
12−14
−608%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+614%
7−8
−614%
Watch Dogs: Legion 144
+700%
18−20
−700%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 72
+620%
10−11
−620%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40
+700%
5−6
−700%
Far Cry New Dawn 39
+680%
5−6
−680%
Hitman 3 34
+750%
4−5
−750%
Horizon Zero Dawn 89
+642%
12−14
−642%
Metro Exodus 45
+650%
6−7
−650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 51
+629%
7−8
−629%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 31
+675%
4−5
−675%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27
+800%
3−4
−800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27
+800%
3−4
−800%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Far Cry 5 26
+767%
3−4
−767%
Forza Horizon 4 61
+663%
8−9
−663%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+700%
6−7
−700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21
+600%
3−4
−600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 39
+680%
5−6
−680%

This is how GTX 1080 Mobile and HD 6850 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1080 Mobile is 619% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1080 Mobile is 610% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1080 Mobile is 657% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 35.54 5.10
Recency 15 August 2016 21 October 2010
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 127 Watt

GTX 1080 Mobile has a 596.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

HD 6850, on the other hand, has 18.1% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6850 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon HD 6850 is a desktop one.


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