FirePro W4300 vs Radeon HD 6850 X2

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W4300 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 W4300 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.
Radeon HD 6850 X2

Main Specs

  FirePro W4300 Radeon HD 6850 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 254 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 has 408% more power consumption, than FirePro W4300.
  • FirePro W4300 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W4300 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W4300 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W4300 is 130 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.
  • FirePro W4300 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W4300 is 1800 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 12−14
ultra / 1080p 8−9 7−8
QHD / 1440p 3−4 2−3
low / 720p 30−35 27−30
medium / 1080p 18−20 16−18
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W4300 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 15% more, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.

Full Specs

  FirePro W4300 Radeon HD 6850 X2
Architecture GCN 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Bonaire Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 1 December 2015 19 September 2011
Pipelines 768 960
Core clock speed 930 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 38.40
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 2x 1,536.0 gflops
Length 171 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 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
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 152 Mh/s
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