GRID M60 8Q vs Radeon HD 6850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID M60 8Q 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 GRID M60 8Q 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

  GRID M60 8Q Radeon HD 6850
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 127 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-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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  • GRID M60 8Q has 77% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • GRID M60 8Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GRID M60 8Q has 7 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID M60 8Q is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 - with TeraScale 2.
  • GRID M60 8Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • GRID M60 8Q is 69 mm longer, than Radeon HD 6850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 9−10
ultra / 1080p 12−14 5−6
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 35−40 21−24
medium / 1080p 24−27 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GRID M60 8Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon HD 6850.

Full Specs

  GRID M60 8Q Radeon HD 6850
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GM204 Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 30 August 2015 21 October 2010
Pipelines 2048 960
Core clock speed 557 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 150.8 37.20
Floating-point performance 4,833 gflops 1,488.0 gflops
Length 267 mm 198 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.2
Bus support AGP
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 139 Mh/s
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Design reference
CrossFire +
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