Radeon HD 6850 vs Radeon R9 270X
Summary
Radeon HD 6850
100%
Radeon R9 270X
228%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6850
100%
Radeon R9 270X
252%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6850 |
| 53 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 270X . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270X |
| 152% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 270X
The Radeon R9 270X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6850 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Barts (Barts PRO) | vs | Curacao (Curacao XT) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 255 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,700 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 960 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 12 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 775 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6850 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6850 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| TDP | 127 watts | vs | 180 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Oct 2010 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon HD 6850
24.80 GP/s
Radeon R9 270X
32.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850
37.20 GT/s
Radeon R9 270X
80.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850
128.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 270X
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850
1488.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270X
2560.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850
3810
Radeon R9 270X
8700
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 6850
20
Radeon R9 270X
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6850
20
Radeon R9 270X
48
FPS (higher is better)