Radeon HD 6850 vs Radeon R6 Kaveri
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon R6 Kaveri, 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 R6 Kaveri, check out specs charts below.
Radeon R6 Kaveri is a Laptop Graphics Card
Note: Radeon R6 Kaveri 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 R6 Kaveri here:
Main Specs
Radeon HD 6850
Radeon R6 Kaveri
Power consumption (TDP)
127 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 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - in Laptops.
Radeon HD 6850 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - with GCN 1.1.
Radeon HD 6850 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - 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
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 R6 Kaveri.
high / 1080p
16−18
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
35−40
0−1
medium / 1080p
16−18
−
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
high / 1080p
−
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R6 Kaveri in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
low / 768p
160−170
60−65
medium / 768p
130−140
27−30
ultra / 1080p
70−75
7−8
QHD / 1440p
40−45
−
4K / 2160p
30−33
−
high / 768p
100−110
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 325% more, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.
low / 768p
55−60
70−75
ultra / 1080p
27−30
0−1
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R6 Kaveri in Cyberpunk 2077 is 15% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
low / 768p
90−95
45−50
medium / 768p
70−75
10−11
ultra / 1080p
45−50
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Dota 2 is 182% more, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.
high / 1080p
10−12
−
ultra / 1080p
10−11
−
4K / 2160p
4−5
−
low / 720p
24−27
0−1
medium / 1080p
12−14
−
high / 1080p
18−20
−
ultra / 1080p
12−14
−
low / 720p
75−80
21−24
medium / 1080p
30−35
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Fortnite is 250% more, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.
high / 1080p
16−18
0−1
ultra / 1080p
14−16
−
QHD / 1440p
4−5
0−1
low / 720p
35−40
0−1
medium / 1080p
18−20
0−1
low / 768p
65−70
18−20
medium / 768p
55−60
−
high / 1080p
18−20
0−1
ultra / 1080p
8−9
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
medium / 720p
−
12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Grand Theft Auto V is 252% more, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.
high / 1080p
6−7
−
ultra / 1080p
4−5
−
4K / 2160p
1−2
−
low / 720p
18−20
0−1
medium / 1080p
8−9
−
low / 768p
100−110
75−80
high / 1080p
−
27−30
ultra / 1080p
90−95
−
medium / 1080p
95−100
−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Minecraft is 36% more, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.
high / 1080p
18−20
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
−
low / 720p
40−45
8−9
medium / 1080p
20−22
−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 425% more, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.
high / 1080p
12−14
−
ultra / 1080p
8−9
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
−
low / 720p
18−20
0−1
medium / 1080p
12−14
−
low / 768p
35−40
0−1
medium / 768p
21−24
−
high / 1080p
12−14
−
ultra / 1080p
8−9
−
4K / 2160p
7−8
−
low / 768p
90−95
45−50
medium / 768p
50−55
14−16
ultra / 1080p
24−27
0−1
high / 768p
40−45
12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in World of Tanks is 148% more, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.
Full Specs
Radeon HD 6850
Radeon R6 Kaveri
Architecture
TeraScale 2
GCN 1.1
Code name
Barts
Kaveri
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
21 October 2010
4 June 2014
Pipelines
960
384
Core clock speed
533 MHz
Boost Clock
654 MHz
Transistor count
1,700 million
2410 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 5.0
Shader Model
5.0
OpenGL
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
Bus support
AGP
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139 Mh/s
Laptop size
medium sized
Eyefinity
+
Design
reference
CrossFire
+
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