GeForce 6150 LE vs Radeon HD 6850M

VS

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6850M with GeForce 6150 LE, including specs and performance data.

HD 6850M
2011
1 GB GDDR3, 50 Watt
2.01
+2133%

HD 6850M outperforms 6150 LE by a whopping 2133% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking8871463
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.80no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGranvilleC51
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 January 2011 (13 years ago)11 October 2004 (20 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 cores800no data
Core clock speed675 MHz425 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate27.000.43
Floating-point processing power1.08 TFLOPSno data
ROPs161
TMUs401

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 x16PCI
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.03.0
OpenGL4.42.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

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:

900p200−1
Full HD25
+2400%
1−2
−2400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8 0−1
Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+3400%
1−2
−3400%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8 0−1
Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+3400%
1−2
−3400%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+3400%
1−2
−3400%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6 0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4 0−1

This is how HD 6850M and 6150 LE compete in popular games:

  • HD 6850M is 2400% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.01 0.09
Recency 4 January 2011 11 October 2004
Chip lithography 40 nm 90 nm

HD 6850M has a 2133.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 6850M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6150 LE in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6850M is a notebook card while GeForce 6150 LE is a desktop one.


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

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon HD 6850M
Radeon HD 6850M
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE
GeForce 6150 LE

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.3 14 votes

Rate Radeon HD 6850M on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.5 31 vote

Rate GeForce 6150 LE on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.