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    Radeon HD 6850 vs Radeon HD 7730M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon HD 7730M, 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 Radeon HD 6850 stacks up against Radeon HD 7730M, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon HD 7730M is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Radeon HD 7730M 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 7730M here:

    Radeon HD 7730M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 6850 Radeon HD 7730M
    Power consumption (TDP) 127 Watt 25 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 6850 has 408% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7730M.
    • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • Radeon HD 7730M has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850.
    • Radeon HD 6850 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7730M - in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 6850 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 7730M - with GCN.
    • Radeon HD 6850 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7730M - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 9−10 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 −
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 21−24 1−2
    medium / 1080p 12−14 0−1
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2100% more, than Radeon HD 7730M.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 6850 Radeon HD 7730M
    Architecture TeraScale 2 GCN
    Code name Barts Lombok GL
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 21 October 2010 24 April 2012
    Pipelines 960 512
    Core clock speed 575 MHz
    Boost Clock 675 MHz
    Transistor count 1,700 million 1,500 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 37.20 21.60
    Floating-point performance 1,488.0 gflops 691.2 gflops
    Length 198 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 5.0 5.1
    OpenGL 4.4 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    Bus support AGP
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 139 Mh/s 70 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized
    Eyefinity +
    Design reference
    CrossFire +
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