Quadro K4200 vs Radeon HD 6850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K4200 and Radeon HD 6850, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Quadro K4200 stacks up against Radeon HD 6850, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro K4200 Radeon HD 6850
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 127 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6850 has 17% more power consumption, than Quadro K4200.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro K4200 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro K4200 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Quadro K4200 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Quadro K4200 is 43 mm longer, than Radeon HD 6850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 9−10
ultra / 1080p 12−14 5−6
QHD / 1440p 7−8 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 21−24
medium / 1080p 27−30 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K4200 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 116% more, than Radeon HD 6850.

Full Specs

  Quadro K4200 Radeon HD 6850
Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK104 Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 22 July 2014 21 October 2010
Pipelines 1344 960
Core clock speed 771 MHz
Boost Clock 784 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 87.81 37.20
Floating-point performance 2,107 gflops 1,488.0 gflops
Length 241 mm 198 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz
Memory bandwidth 172.8 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
Bus support AGP
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 119 Mh/s 139 Mh/s
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