RTX A500 Mobile vs Radeon HD 6850M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6850M with RTX A500 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

HD 6850M
2011
1 GB GDDR3, 50 Watt
2.03

RTX A500 Mobile outperforms HD 6850M by a whopping 765% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking886311
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.7820.06
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGranvilleGA107S
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date4 January 2011 (13 years ago)22 March 2022 (2 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 cores8002048
Core clock speed675 MHz832 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1537 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate27.0098.37
Floating-point processing power1.08 TFLOPS6.296 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs4064
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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

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 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s96 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/A1.3
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 2.03
RTX A500 Mobile 17.56
+765%

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 A500 Mobile 10818
+636%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 6850M 6246
RTX A500 Mobile 40923
+555%

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
−750%
170−180
+750%
Full HD25
−72%
43
+72%
1440p2−3
−1150%
25
+1150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−400%
35−40
+400%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−5000%
50−55
+5000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−520%
30−35
+520%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1100%
35−40
+1100%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−740%
40−45
+740%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−1150%
100−105
+1150%
Hitman 3 7−8
−329%
30−33
+329%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−359%
75−80
+359%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−975%
40−45
+975%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−410%
50−55
+410%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−129%
80−85
+129%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−400%
35−40
+400%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−5000%
50−55
+5000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−520%
30−35
+520%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1100%
35−40
+1100%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−740%
40−45
+740%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−1150%
100−105
+1150%
Hitman 3 7−8
−329%
30−33
+329%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−359%
75−80
+359%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−975%
40−45
+975%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−520%
62
+520%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−208%
35−40
+208%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−129%
80−85
+129%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−400%
35−40
+400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−520%
30−35
+520%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1100%
35−40
+1100%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−1150%
100−105
+1150%
Hitman 3 7−8
−329%
30−33
+329%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−359%
75−80
+359%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−440%
54
+440%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−142%
29
+142%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−129%
80−85
+129%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−975%
40−45
+975%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−700%
24−27
+700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−700%
16−18
+700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−1600%
16−18
+1600%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Hitman 3 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−433%
30−35
+433%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−1600%
16−18
+1600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
−764%
95−100
+764%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−400%
24−27
+400%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 8−9
Far Cry 5 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 6−7

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−367%
14−16
+367%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 39
+0%
39
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Hitman 3 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

This is how HD 6850M and RTX A500 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX A500 Mobile is 750% faster in 900p
  • RTX A500 Mobile is 72% faster in 1080p
  • RTX A500 Mobile is 1150% faster in 1440p

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX A500 Mobile is 5000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX A500 Mobile is ahead in 53 tests (76%)
  • there's a draw in 17 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.03 17.56
Recency 4 January 2011 22 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 60 Watt

HD 6850M has 20% lower power consumption.

RTX A500 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 765% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6850M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6850M is a notebook graphics card while RTX A500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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AMD Radeon HD 6850M
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