GRID K260Q vs Radeon HD 6850

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6850 with GRID K260Q, including specs and performance data.

HD 6850
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 127 Watt
5.10

GRID K260Q outperforms HD 6850 by an impressive 50% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking625525
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.050.93
Power efficiency2.752.33
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameBartsGK104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Designreferenceno data
Release date21 October 2010 (14 years ago)28 June 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 $937

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 6850 has 13% better value for money than GRID K260Q.

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 cores9601536
Core clock speedno data745 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)127 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate37.2095.36
Floating-point processing power1.488 TFLOPS2.289 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs48128

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).

Bus supportAGPno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length198 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/s160.0 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan-1.1.126
CUDA-3.0

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.

HD 6850 5.10
GRID K260Q 7.65
+50%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 6850 1964
GRID K260Q 2949
+50.2%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.10 7.65
Recency 21 October 2010 28 June 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 127 Watt 225 Watt

HD 6850 has 77.2% lower power consumption.

GRID K260Q, on the other hand, has a 50% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GRID K260Q is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6850 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6850 is a desktop card while GRID K260Q is a workstation one.


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