Radeon HD 6850M vs Quadro K420

Place in performance ranking	864	860
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.08	0.14
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GK107	Granville Pro/LP
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	22 July 2014 (9 years ago)	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$96.67	no data
Current price	$402 (4.2x MSRP)	$338

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 6850M has 75% better value for money than Quadro K420.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	192	800
Core clock speed	876 MHz	575 / 675 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	41 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	14.02	27.00
Floating-point performance	336.4 gflops	1,080.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro K420 and Radeon HD 6850M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	160 mm	no data
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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 type	128 Bit	DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB/2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 29 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	DVI-I DP	No outputs
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Desktop Management	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	3.0	no data

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:

900p	18−20 −11.1%	20 +11.1%
Full HD	21−24 −9.5%	23 +9.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−33.3%

4−5
+33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Battlefield 5	0−1	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Hitman 3	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −8.3%	12−14 +8.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Battlefield 5	0−1	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Hitman 3	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −8.3%	12−14 +8.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −8.3%	12−14 +8.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−33.3%

4−5
+33.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	1−2
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−25%

5−6
+25%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1