Quadro K2200M vs Radeon HD 6850M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K2200M and Radeon HD 6850M, 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 K2200M stacks up against Radeon HD 6850M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 6850M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6850M is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 Radeon HD 6850M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K2200M Radeon HD 6850M
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 50 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro K2200M has 30% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850M.
  • Quadro K2200M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon HD 6850M uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro K2200M has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850M.
  • Quadro K2200M is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6850M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro K2200M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6850M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K2200M is 92 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.
  • Quadro K2200M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K2200M is 4212 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 2−3
ultra / 1080p 12−14 0−1
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 35−40 12−14
medium / 1080p 24−27 3−4
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K2200M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 366% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.

Full Specs

  Quadro K2200M Radeon HD 6850M
Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
Code name GM107 Granville Pro/LP
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 19 July 2014 6 January 2011
Pipelines 640 800
Core clock speed 667 MHz 575 / 675 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 26.68 27.00
Floating-point performance 853.8 gflops 1,080.0 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 5.0
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
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