Radeon HD 6850 X2 vs Radeon R5 M435

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6850 X2 and Radeon R5 M435, 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 X2 stacks up against Radeon R5 M435, check out specs charts below.
Radeon HD 6850 X2
Radeon R5 M435

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6850 X2 Radeon R5 M435
Power consumption (TDP) 254 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
 
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R5 M435 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 and Radeon R5 M435 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon R5 M435 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6850 X2 is 20 MHz higher, than Radeon R5 M435.
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 M435 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R5 M435 is 300 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 0−1
ultra / 1080p 7−8 0−1
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 27−30 10−12
medium / 1080p 16−18 2−3
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than Radeon R5 M435.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6850 X2 Radeon R5 M435
Architecture TeraScale 2 GCN 1.0
Code name Barts Jet
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 19 September 2011 15 May 2016
Pipelines 960 320
Core clock speed 800 MHz 780 MHz
Boost Clock 1030 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million 690 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 38.40 20.60
Floating-point performance 2x 1,536.0 gflops 547.2 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4200 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 134.4 GB/s 36 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131