UHD Graphics vs Radeon HD 6850M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6850M and UHD Graphics, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6850M
2011
1 GB GDDR3, 50 Watt
2.02

UHD Graphics outperforms HD 6850M by a whopping 173% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking892614
Place by popularitynot in top-1006
Power efficiency2.8338.56
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code nameGranvilleJasper Lake GT1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 January 2011 (14 years ago)11 January 2021 (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 cores800256
Core clock speed675 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data750 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm10 nm+
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate27.0012.00
Floating-point processing power1.08 TFLOPS0.384 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs4016

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 x16Ring Bus

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-+

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 and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.2

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
−150%
50−55
+150%
Full HD26
−169%
70−75
+169%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
−163%
21−24
+163%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
−163%
21−24
+163%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Fortnite 8−9
−163%
21−24
+163%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−170%
27−30
+170%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−173%
30−33
+173%
Valorant 35−40
−156%
100−105
+156%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
−163%
21−24
+163%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
−156%
100−105
+156%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Dota 2 21−24
−173%
60−65
+173%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Fortnite 8−9
−163%
21−24
+163%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−170%
27−30
+170%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Grand Theft Auto V 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−173%
30−33
+173%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
Valorant 35−40
−156%
100−105
+156%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
−163%
21−24
+163%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Dota 2 21−24
−173%
60−65
+173%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−170%
27−30
+170%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−173%
30−33
+173%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
Valorant 35−40
−156%
100−105
+156%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 8−9
−163%
21−24
+163%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 12−14
−169%
35−40
+169%
Grand Theft Auto V 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
−150%
35−40
+150%
Valorant 14−16
−150%
35−40
+150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−167%
40−45
+167%
Valorant 10−11
−170%
27−30
+170%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%

This is how HD 6850M and UHD Graphics compete in popular games:

  • UHD Graphics is 150% faster in 900p
  • UHD Graphics is 169% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.02 5.52
Recency 4 January 2011 11 January 2021
Chip lithography 40 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 10 Watt

UHD Graphics has a 173.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

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

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