FirePro S7150 vs Radeon HD 6850 X2

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro S7150 and Radeon HD 6850 X2. 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 S7150 and Radeon HD 6850 X2. 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.
FirePro S7150
Radeon HD 6850 X2

Main Specs

  FirePro S7150 Radeon HD 6850 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 254 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
 
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 has 69% more power consumption, than FirePro S7150.
  • FirePro S7150 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro S7150 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S7150 is build with GCN 3.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro S7150 is 120 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.
  • FirePro S7150 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S7150 is 800 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 12−14
ultra / 1080p 21−24 7−8
QHD / 1440p 16−18 2−3
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 27−30
medium / 1080p 40−45 16−18
The average gaming FPS of FirePro S7150 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 176% more, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.

Full Specs

  FirePro S7150 Radeon HD 6850 X2
Architecture GCN 3.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Tonga Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 1 February 2016 19 September 2011
Pipelines 2048 960
Core clock speed 920 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 5,000 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 117.8 38.40
Floating-point performance 3,763 gflops 2x 1,536.0 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 134.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.3 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A