Radeon HD 6850 vs GeForce GTX 560
Summary
Radeon HD 6850
100%
GeForce GTX 560
104%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6850
100%
GeForce GTX 560
135%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6850 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560 |
| 35% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 560
The GeForce GTX 560 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6850 | | GeForce GTX 560 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Barts (Barts PRO) | vs | GF114 (GF114-325-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 255 mm² | vs | 332 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,700 million | vs | 1,950 million |
| Shaders | 960 | vs | 336 |
| Compute Units | 12 | vs | 7 |
| Core clock | 775 MHz | vs | 810 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6850 | | GeForce GTX 560 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective | vs | 1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6850 | | GeForce GTX 560 | |
|---|
| TDP | 127 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Oct 2010 | vs | 17 May 2011 |
Radeon HD 6850
24.80 GP/s
GeForce GTX 560
11.30 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850
37.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 560
45.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850
128.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 560
128.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850
1488.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 560
1089.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850
3810
GeForce GTX 560
3980
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6850
20
GeForce GTX 560
27
FPS (higher is better)