Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition Overview

Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 21 Aug 2012

Core Configuration

GPU	Cypress
Architecture	ATI_TeraScale
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs	1440 : 72 : 32
Raytracing Cores	none
Performance	2088.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size	1024 Mb
Memory Bus Width	256 bit
Memory Speed	1000 MHz 4000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth	128.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

GeForce GT 740
100%
Radeon R7 250
94%
GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
90%
GeForce GT 640
90%
Radeon HD 7730
75%
Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
57%
Radeon R7 240
57%
GeForce GT 720
40%
Radeon HD 5970
32%
Radeon HD 5870
20%
Radeon HD 6970
20%
Radeon HD 6990
19%
Radeon HD 6950
17%
GeForce GTX 590
17%
Radeon HD 5850
16%
Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition
16%
Radeon HD 6870
15%
Radeon HD 6930
14%
Radeon HD 5830
13%
GeForce GTX 580
12%
Radeon HD 6850
11%
GeForce GTX 570
10%
Radeon HD 6770
10%
Radeon HD 5770
10%
Radeon HD 4890
10%
GeForce GTX 480
10%
Radeon HD 6790
10%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448
10%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
9%
Radeon HD 4870
9%

Data interpolated by architecture, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition is a graphics card released by AMD on 21 Aug 2012. The graphics card houses the Cypress die, based on the ATI_TeraScale architecture which packs 2,154 million transistors on a 40 nm, 334 mm2 die.

Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition pros and cons

Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards


	Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition	GeForce GT 740	Radeon HD 5850	Radeon HD 6870	Radeon HD 6930
		compare	compare	compare	compare
Shader units	1440	384	1440	1120	1280
ROPs	32	16	32	32	32
Graphics processor	Cypress	GK107	Cypress	Barts	Cayman
Process size	40 nm	28 nm	40 nm	40 nm	40 nm
Memory	1024 Mb GDDR5 (1000 MHz 4000 MHz effective)	1024 Mb GDDR5 (1253 MHz 5012 MHz effective)	1024 Mb GDDR5 (1000 MHz 4000 MHz effective)	1024 Mb GDDR5 (1050 MHz 4200 MHz effective)	1024 Mb GDDR5 (1200 MHz 4800 MHz effective)
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit
Memory bandwidth	128.00 Gb/s	80.20 Gb/s	128.00 Gb/s	134.00 Gb/s	154.00 Gb/s
Release date	21 Aug 2012	29 May 2014	30 Sep 2009	21 Oct 2010	1 Dec 2011