GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon HD 6850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 560 and Radeon HD 6850, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 560 stacks up against Radeon HD 6850, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 Radeon HD 6850
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 127 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 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 560 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 560 and Radeon HD 6850 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 560 is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 - with TeraScale 2.
  • GeForce GTX 560 and Radeon HD 6850 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6850 is 190 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 560.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 9−10
ultra / 1080p 8−9 5−6
QHD / 1440p 3−4 0−1
low / 720p 27−30 21−24
medium / 1080p 16−18 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 560 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 41% more, than Radeon HD 6850.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 Radeon HD 6850
Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GF114 Barts
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 17 May 2011 21 October 2010
Pipelines 336 960
Core clock speed 810 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 45.36 37.20
Floating-point performance 1,088.6 gflops 1,488.0 gflops
Length 8.25" (21 cm) 198 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.0 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 +
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0 AGP
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
3D Blu-Ray +
3D Gaming +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 80 Mh/s 139 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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