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    GeForce GTX 870M vs Radeon HD 6850M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 870M and Radeon HD 6850M. 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 870M and Radeon HD 6850M. 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.
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    GeForce GTX 870M and Radeon HD 6850M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 870M 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 870M or Radeon HD 6850M here:

    GeForce GTX 870M Laptops
    Radeon HD 6850M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 870M Radeon HD 6850M
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 50 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 870M has 100% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850M.
    • GeForce GTX 870M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 6850M uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 870M has 5 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 870M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6850M - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 870M is 366 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.
    • GeForce GTX 870M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850M - by 40 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 2−3
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 0−1
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
    low / 720p 35−40 12−14
    medium / 1080p 21−24 3−4
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 870M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 316% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 870M Radeon HD 6850M
    Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
    Code name N15P-GT Granville Pro/LP
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2014 6 January 2011
    Pipelines 1344 800
    Core clock speed 941 MHz 575 / 675 MHz
    Boost Clock 967 MHz
    Transistor count 3,540 million 1,040 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 108.3 27.00
    Floating-point performance 2,599 gflops 1,080.0 gflops
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.0
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 1344
    Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 82 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 +
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