Radeon HD 6850 vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge, 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 R5 Bristol Ridge, check out specs charts below.
Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is a Laptop Graphics Card
Note: Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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 R5 Bristol Ridge here:
Main Specs
Radeon HD 6850
Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Power consumption (TDP)
127 Watt
12-45 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
Memory type
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Radeon HD 6850 has 958% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
Radeon HD 6850 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - in Laptops.
Radeon HD 6850 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
Radeon HD 6850 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - by 28 nm process technology.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
9−10
3−4
ultra / 1080p
5−6
1−2
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
21−24
14−16
medium / 1080p
12−14
5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
high / 1080p
16−18
7−8
ultra / 1080p
14−16
5−6
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
35−40
18−20
medium / 1080p
16−18
8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Battlefield 5 is 110% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
high / 1080p
−
40−45
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
160−170
120−130
medium / 768p
130−140
95−100
ultra / 1080p
70−75
45−50
QHD / 1440p
40−45
24−27
4K / 2160p
30−33
−
high / 768p
100−110
70−75
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 42% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
low / 768p
55−60
70−75
ultra / 1080p
27−30
20−22
medium / 1080p
45−50
40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge in Cyberpunk 2077 is 2% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
low / 768p
90−95
75−80
medium / 768p
70−75
55−60
ultra / 1080p
45−50
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Dota 2 is 29% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
high / 1080p
10−12
4−5
ultra / 1080p
10−11
3−4
4K / 2160p
4−5
0−1
low / 720p
24−27
14−16
medium / 1080p
12−14
5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Far Cry 5 is 114% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
high / 1080p
18−20
12−14
ultra / 1080p
12−14
7−8
QHD / 1440p
−
4−5
low / 720p
75−80
55−60
medium / 1080p
30−35
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Fortnite is 52% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
high / 1080p
16−18
6−7
ultra / 1080p
14−16
6−7
QHD / 1440p
4−5
0−1
low / 720p
35−40
21−24
medium / 1080p
18−20
9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Forza Horizon 4 is 100% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
low / 768p
65−70
45−50
medium / 768p
55−60
−
high / 1080p
18−20
8−9
ultra / 1080p
8−9
3−4
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
medium / 720p
−
40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Grand Theft Auto V is 63% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
high / 1080p
6−7
2−3
ultra / 1080p
4−5
0−1
4K / 2160p
1−2
0−1
low / 720p
18−20
7−8
medium / 1080p
8−9
3−4
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Metro Exodus is 175% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
low / 768p
100−110
85−90
high / 1080p
−
65−70
ultra / 1080p
90−95
−
medium / 1080p
95−100
−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Minecraft is 20% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
high / 1080p
18−20
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
12−14
low / 720p
40−45
27−30
medium / 1080p
20−22
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 44% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
high / 1080p
12−14
6−7
ultra / 1080p
8−9
4−5
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
18−20
7−8
medium / 1080p
12−14
−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 116% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
low / 768p
35−40
16−18
medium / 768p
21−24
12−14
high / 1080p
12−14
6−7
ultra / 1080p
8−9
4−5
4K / 2160p
7−8
1−2
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 112% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
low / 768p
90−95
70−75
medium / 768p
50−55
35−40
ultra / 1080p
24−27
16−18
high / 768p
40−45
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in World of Tanks is 35% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
Full Specs
Radeon HD 6850
Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Architecture
TeraScale 2
GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name
Barts
Bristol Ridge
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
21 October 2010
1 June 2016
Pipelines
960
384
Boost Clock
800 MHz
Transistor count
1,700 million
3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
37.20
Floating-point performance
1,488.0 gflops
Length
198 mm
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64/128 Bit
Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s
Shared memory
+
DirectX
DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model
5.0
OpenGL
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
Bus support
AGP
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
139 Mh/s
Laptop size
medium sized
Eyefinity
+
Design
reference
CrossFire
+
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