GRID K160Q vs Radeon HD 6850 X2

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GRID K160Q and Radeon HD 6850 X2, 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 GRID K160Q stacks up against Radeon HD 6850 X2, check out specs charts below.
GRID K160Q
Radeon HD 6850 X2

Main Specs

  GRID K160Q Radeon HD 6850 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 254 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
 
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 has 95% more power consumption, than GRID K160Q.
  • GRID K160Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 has 1 GB more memory, than GRID K160Q.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID K160Q is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GRID K160Q is 50 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.
  • GRID K160Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6850 X2 is 2418 MHz higher, than GRID K160Q.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 12−14
ultra / 1080p 0−1 7−8
QHD / 1440p 0−1 2−3
low / 720p 9−10 27−30
medium / 1080p 1−2 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 340% more, than GRID K160Q.

Full Specs

  GRID K160Q Radeon HD 6850 X2
Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK107 Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 28 June 2013 19 September 2011
Pipelines 192 960
Core clock speed 850 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 13.60 38.40
Floating-point performance 326.4 gflops 2x 1,536.0 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s 134.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 3.0