GeForce GTX 765M vs Radeon HD 6850M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 765M 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 765M stacks up against Radeon HD 6850M, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 765M and Radeon HD 6850M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 765M and Radeon HD 6850M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 GeForce GTX 765M or Radeon HD 6850M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 765M Radeon HD 6850M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 765M has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850M.
  • GeForce GTX 765M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 6850M uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 765M has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850M.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 765M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6850M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 765M is 275 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.
  • GeForce GTX 765M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 765M is 1200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 2−3
ultra / 1080p 5−6 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 12−14
medium / 1080p 12−14 3−4
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 765M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 150% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 765M Radeon HD 6850M
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name N14-GE Granville Pro/LP
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 30 May 2013 6 January 2011
Pipelines 768 800
Core clock speed 850 MHz 575 / 675 MHz
Boost Clock 863 MHz
Transistor count 2,540 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 55.23 27.00
Floating-point performance 1,326 gflops 1,080.0 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64.0 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 API 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 768
Bus support PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 24 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
Standard memory configuration GDDR5
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection +
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI +
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
Blu-Ray 3D Support +
3D Vision / 3DTV Play +
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