GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q vs Radeon HD 6850

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6850 with GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q, including specs and performance data.

HD 6850
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 127 Watt
5.10

RTX 2070 Max-Q outperforms HD 6850 by a whopping 491% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking626188
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.05no data
Power efficiency2.7525.84
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameBartsTU106B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date21 October 2010 (14 years ago)29 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores9602304
Core clock speedno data885 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1185 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)127 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate37.20170.6
Floating-point processing power1.488 TFLOPS5.46 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs48144
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

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 sizeno datalarge
Bus supportAGPno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length198 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/s384.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
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+-
VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-7.5

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
RTX 2070 Max-Q 30.15
+491%

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
RTX 2070 Max-Q 11619
+492%

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.

HD 6850 2460
RTX 2070 Max-Q 17335
+605%

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 HD16−18
−525%
100
+525%
1440p9−10
−556%
59
+556%
4K6−7
−517%
37
+517%

Cost per frame, $

1080p11.19no data
1440p19.89no data
4K29.83no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 71
+0%
71
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 73
+0%
73
+0%
Battlefield 5 110
+0%
110
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Far Cry 5 85
+0%
85
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 113
+0%
113
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 204
+0%
204
+0%
Hitman 3 81
+0%
81
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Metro Exodus 143
+0%
143
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 148
+0%
148
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 118
+0%
118
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 61
+0%
61
+0%
Battlefield 5 100
+0%
100
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 74
+0%
74
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Far Cry 5 68
+0%
68
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 77
+0%
77
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 191
+0%
191
+0%
Hitman 3 81
+0%
81
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Metro Exodus 120
+0%
120
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 85
+0%
85
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50
+0%
50
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 54
+0%
54
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 57
+0%
57
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Far Cry 5 52
+0%
52
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 98
+0%
98
+0%
Hitman 3 72
+0%
72
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 105
+0%
105
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 64
+0%
64
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 51
+0%
51
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 84
+0%
84
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 61
+0%
61
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 50
+0%
50
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 33
+0%
33
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry 5 36
+0%
36
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 176
+0%
176
+0%
Hitman 3 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80
+0%
80
+0%
Metro Exodus 72
+0%
72
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30
+0%
30
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 28
+0%
28
+0%
Hitman 3 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45
+0%
45
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20
+0%
20
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Far Cry 5 20
+0%
20
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

This is how HD 6850 and RTX 2070 Max-Q compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 Max-Q is 525% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2070 Max-Q is 556% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2070 Max-Q is 517% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.10 30.15
Recency 21 October 2010 29 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 127 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 2070 Max-Q has a 491.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 58.8% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q 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 GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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