Tesla P40 vs Radeon HD 6850M

Place in the ranking	892	182
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	2.83
Power efficiency	2.83	8.79
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Granville	GP102
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	4 January 2011 (14 years ago)	13 September 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$5,699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores	800	3840
Core clock speed	675 MHz	1303 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1531 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	11,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	27.00	367.4
Floating-point processing power	1.08 TFLOPS	11.76 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	96
TMUs	40	240

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 size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	8-pin EPS

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1808 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	347.1 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 Connectors

No outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.7
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	-	6.1

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:

900p	20 −1400%	300−350 +1400%
Full HD	24 −1358%	350−400 +1358%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

16.28

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2

7−8
−1329%

100−105

+1329%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −1400%	60−65 +1400%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 −1329%	100−105 +1329%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −1456%	140−150 +1456%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1400%	120−130 +1400%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −1400%	60−65 +1400%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 −1329%	100−105 +1329%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −1400%	120−130 +1400%
Dota 2	21−24 −1264%	300−310 +1264%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −1400%	210−220 +1400%
Fortnite	10−11 −1400%	150−160 +1400%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −1456%	140−150 +1456%
Grand Theft Auto V	4−5 −1400%	60−65 +1400%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	20−22 −1400%	300−310 +1400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1400%	120−130 +1400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −1456%	140−150 +1456%
World of Tanks	35−40 −1438%	600−650 +1438%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −1400%	60−65 +1400%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 −1329%	100−105 +1329%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −1400%	120−130 +1400%
Dota 2	21−24 −1264%	300−310 +1264%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −1400%	210−220 +1400%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −1456%	140−150 +1456%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	20−22 −1400%	300−310 +1400%

1440p
High Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Grand Theft Auto V	0−1	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −1400%	210−220 +1400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
World of Tanks	12−14 −1438%	200−210 +1438%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1400%	90−95 +1400%
Forza Horizon 5	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −1400%	75−80 +1400%
Valorant	8−9 −1400%	120−130 +1400%

4K
High Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −1433%	230−240 +1433%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 −1400%	90−95 +1400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −1433%	230−240 +1433%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
Dota 2	4−5 −1400%	60−65 +1400%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
Fortnite	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	0−1	0−1
Valorant	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%

This is how HD 6850M and Tesla P40 compete in popular games:

Tesla P40 is 1400% faster in 900p
Tesla P40 is 1358% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.03	31.58
Recency	4 January 2011	13 September 2016
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	250 Watt

HD 6850M has 400% lower power consumption.

Tesla P40, on the other hand, has a 1455.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

The Tesla P40 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6850M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6850M is a notebook card while Tesla P40 is a workstation one.

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