GeForce GTX 460 SE vs Radeon HD 6850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 460 SE 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 GeForce GTX 460 SE 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.
GeForce GTX 460 SE

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 460 SE Radeon HD 6850
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 127 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 460 SE has 18% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 460 SE and Radeon HD 6850 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 460 SE is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 - with TeraScale 2.
  • GeForce GTX 460 SE and Radeon HD 6850 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6850 is 190 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 460 SE.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 9−10
ultra / 1080p 5−6 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 21−24
medium / 1080p 12−14 12−14
GeForce GTX 460 SE and Radeon HD 6850 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 460 SE Radeon HD 6850
Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name GF104 Barts
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 15 November 2010 21 October 2010
Pipelines 288 960
Core clock speed 1300 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 31.2 billion/sec 37.20
Floating-point performance 748.8 gflops 1,488.0 gflops
Length 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm) 198 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1700 MHz
Memory bandwidth 108.8 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.1 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 288
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0 AGP
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 48 Mh/s 139 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
Number of display connectors 2
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