Radeon HD 6850 vs Radeon HD 6790
Summary
Radeon HD 6850
123%
Radeon HD 6790
100%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6850
119%
Radeon HD 6790
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6850 |
| 19% higher gaming performance. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6790 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
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).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6850 | | Radeon HD 6790 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Barts (Barts PRO) | vs | Barts (Barts LE) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 255 mm² | vs | 255 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,700 million | vs | 1,700 million |
| Shaders | 960 | vs | 800 |
| Compute Units | 12 | vs | 10 |
| Core clock | 775 MHz | vs | 840 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 40 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6850 | | Radeon HD 6790 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective | vs | 1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6850 | | Radeon HD 6790 | |
|---|
| TDP | 127 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Oct 2010 | vs | 4 Apr 2011 |
Radeon HD 6850
24.80 GP/s
Radeon HD 6790
13.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850
37.20 GT/s
Radeon HD 6790
33.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850
128.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 6790
134.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850
1488.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 6790
1344.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850
3810
Radeon HD 6790
3090
Points (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
36.8
Radeon HD 6790
30.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
40.7
Radeon HD 6790
34.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
25.2
Radeon HD 6790
21.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
52.3
Radeon HD 6790
43.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
25.9
Radeon HD 6790
21.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
26.4
Radeon HD 6790
23.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
71.9
Radeon HD 6790
56.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
25.7
Radeon HD 6790
22.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
43.1
Radeon HD 6790
36.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
29.7
Radeon HD 6790
25.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
15.7
Radeon HD 6790
12.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
32.5
Radeon HD 6790
27.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
31.6
Radeon HD 6790
26.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
39.9
Radeon HD 6790
33.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
93.5
Radeon HD 6790
66.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
40.1
Radeon HD 6790
34.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
22.7
Radeon HD 6790
20.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
23
Radeon HD 6790
20.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
44.9
Radeon HD 6790
36
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
23
Radeon HD 6790
18.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
25.3
Radeon HD 6790
21
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
10.1
Radeon HD 6790
10.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
32.6
Radeon HD 6790
26.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
15.8
Radeon HD 6790
13.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
16.1
Radeon HD 6790
14.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
49.4
Radeon HD 6790
39.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
17.6
Radeon HD 6790
15.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
30.1
Radeon HD 6790
25.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
20.3
Radeon HD 6790
17.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
10.3
Radeon HD 6790
8.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
19
Radeon HD 6790
15.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
18
Radeon HD 6790
16.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
24
Radeon HD 6790
20.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
68.8
Radeon HD 6790
48.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
26.9
Radeon HD 6790
20.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
13.7
Radeon HD 6790
12.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
15.3
Radeon HD 6790
13.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6850
31.6
Radeon HD 6790
24.6
FPS (higher is better)