GRID M6 8Q vs Radeon HD 5850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID M6 8Q and Radeon HD 5850. 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 M6 8Q and Radeon HD 5850. 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.

Main Specs

  GRID M6 8Q Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 151 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5850 has 51% more power consumption, than GRID M6 8Q.
  • GRID M6 8Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 5850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GRID M6 8Q has 7 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID M6 8Q is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5850 is 3 MHz higher, than GRID M6 8Q.
  • GRID M6 8Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID M6 8Q is 3012 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 9−10
ultra / 1080p 10−11 5−6
QHD / 1440p 5−6 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 21−24
medium / 1080p 21−24 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GRID M6 8Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 83% more, than Radeon HD 5850.

Full Specs

  GRID M6 8Q Radeon HD 5850
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name GM204 Cypress
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 30 August 2015 30 September 2009
Pipelines 1536 1440
Core clock speed 722 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 69.31 52.20
Floating-point performance 2,218 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.4 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 5.2
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