GRID K260Q vs Radeon HD 6850 X2

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID K260Q and Radeon HD 6850 X2. 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 GRID K260Q and Radeon HD 6850 X2. 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.
GRID K260Q
Radeon HD 6850 X2

Main Specs

  GRID K260Q Radeon HD 6850 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 254 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
 
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 has 12% more power consumption, than GRID K260Q.
  • GRID K260Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GRID K260Q and Radeon HD 6850 X2 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID K260Q is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6850 X2 is 55 MHz higher, than GRID K260Q.
  • GRID K260Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID K260Q is 800 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 12−14
ultra / 1080p 9−10 7−8
QHD / 1440p 3−4 2−3
low / 720p 30−35 27−30
medium / 1080p 18−20 16−18
The average gaming FPS of GRID K260Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 15% more, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.

Full Specs

  GRID K260Q Radeon HD 6850 X2
Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK104 Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 28 June 2013 19 September 2011
Pipelines 1536 960
Core clock speed 745 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 95.36 38.40
Floating-point performance 2,289 gflops 2x 1,536.0 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 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