FirePro S7150 vs Radeon HD 6850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro S7150 and Radeon HD 6850. 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 FirePro S7150 and Radeon HD 6850. 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

  FirePro S7150 Radeon HD 6850
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 127 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro S7150 has 18% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • FirePro S7150 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro S7150 has 7 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S7150 is build with GCN 3.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 - with TeraScale 2.
  • FirePro S7150 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • FirePro S7150 is 43 mm longer, than Radeon HD 6850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 9−10
ultra / 1080p 21−24 5−6
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 21−24
medium / 1080p 40−45 12−14
The average gaming FPS of FirePro S7150 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than Radeon HD 6850.

Full Specs

  FirePro S7150 Radeon HD 6850
Architecture GCN 3.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Tonga Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 1 February 2016 21 October 2010
Pipelines 2048 960
Core clock speed 920 MHz
Transistor count 5,000 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 117.8 37.20
Floating-point performance 3,763 gflops 1,488.0 gflops
Length 241 mm 198 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.3 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Bus support AGP
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 139 Mh/s
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Design reference
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