GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon HD 6850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 460 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 GeForce GTX 460 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

  GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 6850
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 127 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 460 has 25% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 460 has 767 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 460 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 - with TeraScale 2.
  • GeForce GTX 460 and Radeon HD 6850 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6850 is 190 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 460.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 9−10
ultra / 1080p 6−7 5−6
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 21−24
medium / 1080p 14−16 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 460 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than Radeon HD 6850.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 6850
Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name GF104 Barts
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 12 July 2010 21 October 2010
Pipelines 336 960
Core clock speed 675 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 37.80 37.20
Floating-point performance 907.2 gflops 1,488.0 gflops
Length 8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm) 198 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.1 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0 AGP
Height 4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s 139 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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