FirePro S10000 vs Radeon HD 6850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro S10000 and Radeon HD 6850. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro S10000 and Radeon HD 6850. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro S10000 Radeon HD 6850
Power consumption (TDP) 750 Watt 127 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro S10000 has 490% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • FirePro S10000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro S10000 has 5 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S10000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 - with TeraScale 2.
  • FirePro S10000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • FirePro S10000 is 107 mm longer, than Radeon HD 6850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 9−10
ultra / 1080p 21−24 5−6
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 21−24
medium / 1080p 40−45 12−14
The average gaming FPS of FirePro S10000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than Radeon HD 6850.

Full Specs

  FirePro S10000 Radeon HD 6850
Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Tahiti Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 12 November 2012 21 October 2010
Pipelines 4096 960
Core clock speed 825 MHz
Boost Clock 950 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 106.4 37.20
Floating-point performance 2x 3,405 gflops 1,488.0 gflops
Length 305 mm 198 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 480 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0 AGP
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 383 Mh/s 139 Mh/s
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Design reference
CrossFire +
Form factor full height / full length
Dual-link DVI support +
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