A100 SXM4 vs Radeon HD 6850M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking884not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.78no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGranvilleGA100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date4 January 2011 (13 years ago)14 May 2020 (4 years ago)

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 cores8006912
Core clock speed675 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt400 Watt
Texture fill rate27.00609.1
Floating-point processing power1.08 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs16160
TMUs40432
Tensor Coresno data432

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
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3HBM2E
Maximum RAM amount1 GB40 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s1,555 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.0
VulkanN/A1.2.140
CUDA-8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2011 14 May 2020
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 40 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 400 Watt

HD 6850M has 700% lower power consumption.

A100 SXM4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 3900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6850M and A100 SXM4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6850M is a notebook card while A100 SXM4 is a workstation one.


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