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    Radeon HD 6850 vs GeForce GTX 650

    Radeon HD 6850
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 21 Oct 2010
    Radeon HD 6850
    GeForce GTX 650
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 27 Nov 2013
    GeForce GTX 650

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • Radeon HD 6850
      132%
    • GeForce GTX 650
      100%

    Relative performance

    Gaming performance index

    • Radeon HD 6850
      130%
    • GeForce GTX 650
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6850

    30% higher gaming performance.
    Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 650

    62 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6850 .
    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
    Radeon HD 6850

    HWBench recommends Radeon HD 6850

    The Radeon HD 6850 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (38 combinations of games and resolutions).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    Radeon HD 6850GeForce GTX 650
    GPU NameBarts (Barts PRO)vsGK106 ()
    Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size255 mm²vs221 mm²
    Transistors1,700 millionvs2,540 million
    Shaders960vs384
    Compute Units12vs2
    Core clock775 MHzvs1058 MHz
    ROPs32vs16
    TMUs48vs32

    Memory Configuration

    Radeon HD 6850GeForce GTX 650
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
    Memory Speed1000 MHz
    4000 MHz effective    		vs1250 MHz
    5000 MHz effective
    Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

    Additional details

    Radeon HD 6850GeForce GTX 650
    TDP127 wattsvs65 watts
    Release Date21 Oct 2010vs27 Nov 2013

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • Radeon HD 6850
      24.80 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 650
      8.46 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • Radeon HD 6850
      37.20 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 650
      33.90 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • Radeon HD 6850
      128.00 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 650
      80.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • Radeon HD 6850
      1488.00 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 650
      812.50 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • Radeon HD 6850
      3810
    • GeForce GTX 650
      2880

    Points (higher is better)

    Game benchmarks

    Alan Wake

    • Radeon HD 6850
      36.8
    • GeForce GTX 650
      25.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    Batman: Arkham City

    • Radeon HD 6850
      40.7
    • GeForce GTX 650
      35.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 3

    • Radeon HD 6850
      25.2
    • GeForce GTX 650
      23.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 2

    • Radeon HD 6850
      52.3
    • GeForce GTX 650
      44.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis

    • Radeon HD 6850
      25.9
    • GeForce GTX 650
      18.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis 2

    • Radeon HD 6850
      26.4
    • GeForce GTX 650
      21.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    Diablo III

    • Radeon HD 6850
      71.9
    • GeForce GTX 650
      51.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Dragon Age II

    • Radeon HD 6850
      25.7
    • GeForce GTX 650
      20.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2012

    • Radeon HD 6850
      43.1
    • GeForce GTX 650
      34.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Max Payne 3

    • Radeon HD 6850
      29.7
    • GeForce GTX 650
      23

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro 2033

    • Radeon HD 6850
      15.7
    • GeForce GTX 650
      11.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sleeping Dogs

    • Radeon HD 6850
      32.5
    • GeForce GTX 650
      20.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite V2

    • Radeon HD 6850
      31.6
    • GeForce GTX 650
      19.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    STALKER: Call of Pripyat

    • Radeon HD 6850
      39.9
    • GeForce GTX 650
      30.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    StarCraft II

    • Radeon HD 6850
      93.5
    • GeForce GTX 650
      83.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

    • Radeon HD 6850
      40.1
    • GeForce GTX 650
      29.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Total War: Shogun 2

    • Radeon HD 6850
      22.7
    • GeForce GTX 650
      18.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    Unigine Heaven 2.0

    • Radeon HD 6850
      23
    • GeForce GTX 650
      22.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

    • Radeon HD 6850
      44.9
    • GeForce GTX 650
      32.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    Alan Wake

    • Radeon HD 6850
      23
    • GeForce GTX 650
      15

    FPS (higher is better)

    Batman: Arkham City

    • Radeon HD 6850
      25.3
    • GeForce GTX 650
      21.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 3

    • Radeon HD 6850
      10.1
    • GeForce GTX 650
      13.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 2

    • Radeon HD 6850
      32.6
    • GeForce GTX 650
      26.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis

    • Radeon HD 6850
      15.8
    • GeForce GTX 650
      11.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis 2

    • Radeon HD 6850
      16.1
    • GeForce GTX 650
      12.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Diablo III

    • Radeon HD 6850
      49.4
    • GeForce GTX 650
      34.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Dragon Age II

    • Radeon HD 6850
      17.6
    • GeForce GTX 650
      13.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2012

    • Radeon HD 6850
      30.1
    • GeForce GTX 650
      23.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Max Payne 3

    • Radeon HD 6850
      20.3
    • GeForce GTX 650
      15

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro 2033

    • Radeon HD 6850
      10.3
    • GeForce GTX 650
      8.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sleeping Dogs

    • Radeon HD 6850
      19
    • GeForce GTX 650
      10.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite V2

    • Radeon HD 6850
      18
    • GeForce GTX 650
      12.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    STALKER: Call of Pripyat

    • Radeon HD 6850
      24
    • GeForce GTX 650
      18.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    StarCraft II

    • Radeon HD 6850
      68.8
    • GeForce GTX 650
      52.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

    • Radeon HD 6850
      26.9
    • GeForce GTX 650
      17.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Total War: Shogun 2

    • Radeon HD 6850
      13.7
    • GeForce GTX 650
      11.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    Unigine Heaven 2.0

    • Radeon HD 6850
      15.3
    • GeForce GTX 650
      14.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

    • Radeon HD 6850
      31.6
    • GeForce GTX 650
      22.3

    FPS (higher is better)

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