GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon HD 6850M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 570 and Radeon HD 6850M, 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 570 stacks up against Radeon HD 6850M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 6850M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6850M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 6850M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 570 Radeon HD 6850M
Power consumption (TDP) 219 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 570 has 338% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850M.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 570 has 1279 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850M.
  • GeForce GTX 570 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6850M - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 570 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6850M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 570 is 889 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.
  • GeForce GTX 570 and Radeon HD 6850M are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 570 is 1100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 2−3
ultra / 1080p 12−14 0−1
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 35−40 12−14
medium / 1080p 24−27 3−4
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 570 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 366% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 570 Radeon HD 6850M
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name GF110 Granville Pro/LP
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 7 December 2010 6 January 2011
Pipelines 480 800
Core clock speed 1464 MHz 575 / 675 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 43.9 billion/sec 27.00
Floating-point performance 1,405.4 gflops 1,080.0 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 320 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1900 MHz (3800 data rate) 800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 152.0 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.2 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 480
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
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