Quadro 5000 vs Radeon HD 6850 X2

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 5000 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 Quadro 5000 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.
Radeon HD 6850 X2

Main Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon HD 6850 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 152 Watt 254 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2.5 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 has 67% more power consumption, than Quadro 5000.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro 5000 and Radeon HD 6850 X2 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 5000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6850 X2 is 287 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000.
  • Quadro 5000 and Radeon HD 6850 X2 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6850 X2 is 1200 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 12−14
ultra / 1080p 5−6 7−8
QHD / 1440p 0−1 2−3
low / 720p 21−24 27−30
medium / 1080p 12−14 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Quadro 5000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon HD 6850 X2
Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name GF100 Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 23 February 2011 19 September 2011
Pipelines 352 960
Core clock speed 513 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 22.57 38.40
Floating-point performance 722.3 gflops 2x 1,536.0 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 320 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120.0 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 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
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