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    GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon HD 6850M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon HD 6850M. 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 960M and Radeon HD 6850M. 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.
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    GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon HD 6850M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon HD 6850M are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 960M or Radeon HD 6850M here:

    GeForce GTX 960M Laptops
    Radeon HD 6850M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 960M Radeon HD 6850M
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
    Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 960M has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850M.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 6850M uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 960M has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6850M - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 960M is 521 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850M - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 960M is 1700 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 18−20 2−3
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 0−1
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
    4K / 2160p 4−5 −
    low / 720p 35−40 12−14
    medium / 1080p 21−24 3−4
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 960M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 333% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 960M Radeon HD 6850M
    Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
    Code name N16P-GX Granville Pro/LP
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2015 6 January 2011
    Pipelines 640 800
    Core clock speed 1096 MHz 575 / 675 MHz
    Boost Clock 1202 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 1,040 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 47.04 27.00
    Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops 1,080.0 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.0
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 640
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 175 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized large
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
    BatteryBoost +
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