FirePro V5800 vs Radeon HD 6850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V5800 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 V5800 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 V5800 Radeon HD 6850
Power consumption (TDP) 74 Watt 127 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6850 has 71% more power consumption, than FirePro V5800.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro V5800 and Radeon HD 6850 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V5800 and Radeon HD 6850 are build with TeraScale 2 architecture.
  • FirePro V5800 and Radeon HD 6850 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • FirePro V5800 is 31 mm longer, than Radeon HD 6850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 9−10
ultra / 1080p 4−5 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 21−24
medium / 1080p 7−8 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than FirePro V5800.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5800 Radeon HD 6850
Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale 2
Code name Juniper Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 26 April 2010 21 October 2010
Pipelines 800 960
Core clock speed 690 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 27.60 37.20
Floating-point performance 1,104.0 gflops 1,488.0 gflops
Length 229 mm 198 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.0
OpenGL 4.4 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A
Bus support AGP
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 139 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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