GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile vs Radeon HD 6850M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6850M and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6850M
2011
1 GB GDDR3, 50 Watt
2.00

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile outperforms HD 6850M by a whopping 1214% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking883205
Place by popularitynot in top-10090
Power efficiency2.7824.37
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGranvilleGA106
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 January 2011 (13 years ago)11 May 2021 (3 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 cores8002560
Core clock speed675 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1035 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate27.0082.80
Floating-point processing power1.08 TFLOPS5.299 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs4080
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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 sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s192.0 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 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 Model5.06.6
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-8.6

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 6850M 2.00
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 26.28
+1214%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 6850M 1470
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 18057
+1129%

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:

900p20
−1200%
260−270
+1200%
Full HD26
−188%
75
+188%
1440p3−4
−1333%
43
+1333%
4K2−3
−1250%
27
+1250%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1450%
62
+1450%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−686%
55−60
+686%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−8100%
80−85
+8100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−920%
50−55
+920%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1375%
59
+1375%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1833%
55−60
+1833%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−1200%
65−70
+1200%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−1725%
140−150
+1725%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1043%
80
+1043%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−576%
110−120
+576%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2350%
98
+2350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−750%
85−90
+750%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−560%
231
+560%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−686%
55−60
+686%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−8100%
80−85
+8100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−920%
50−55
+920%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1025%
45
+1025%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1833%
55−60
+1833%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−1200%
65−70
+1200%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−1725%
140−150
+1725%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1000%
77
+1000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−576%
110−120
+576%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1850%
78
+1850%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−950%
105
+950%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−350%
50−55
+350%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−480%
203
+480%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−686%
55−60
+686%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−920%
50−55
+920%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−900%
40
+900%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1833%
55−60
+1833%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−1725%
140−150
+1725%
Hitman 3 7−8
−857%
67
+857%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−441%
92
+441%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−800%
90
+800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−317%
50
+317%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+25%
28
−25%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1925%
81
+1925%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−1467%
45−50
+1467%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−1167%
35−40
+1167%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1200%
24−27
+1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−2700%
27−30
+2700%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−2100%
22
+2100%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−1350%
27−30
+1350%
Hitman 3 7−8
−557%
46
+557%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−1050%
69
+1050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−3000%
30−35
+3000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
−1164%
139
+1164%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−1020%
56
+1020%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−1800%
18−20
+1800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−650%
14−16
+650%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−1200%
12−14
+1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 14−16
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 10

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−867%
29
+867%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60
+0%
60
+0%
Metro Exodus 143
+0%
143
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35
+0%
35
+0%
Metro Exodus 114
+0%
114
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 26
+0%
26
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 26
+0%
26
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Metro Exodus 60
+0%
60
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 61
+0%
61
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Hitman 3 20
+0%
20
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Metro Exodus 47
+0%
47
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 29
+0%
29
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10
+0%
10
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 34
+0%
34
+0%

This is how HD 6850M and RTX 3050 Ti Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 1200% faster in 900p
  • RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 188% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 1333% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 1250% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 6850M is 25% faster.
  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 8100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 6850M is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is ahead in 52 tests (74%)
  • there's a draw in 17 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.00 26.28
Recency 4 January 2011 11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 75 Watt

HD 6850M has 50% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, on the other hand, has a 1214% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6850M in performance tests.


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