Radeon HD 6850 vs Tesla C2050

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6850 and Tesla C2050, 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 Tesla C2050, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6850 Tesla C2050
Power consumption (TDP) 127 Watt 238 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI
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  • Tesla C2050 has 87% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Tesla C2050 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6850 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Tesla C2050 - with Fermi.
  • Radeon HD 6850 and Tesla C2050 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Tesla C2050 is 50 mm longer, than Radeon HD 6850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 18−20
ultra / 1080p 5−6 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 21−24 35−40
medium / 1080p 12−14 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Tesla C2050 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 83% more, than Radeon HD 6850.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6850 Tesla C2050
Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi
Code name Barts GF100
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 21 October 2010 25 July 2011
Pipelines 960 448
Core clock speed 574 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 37.20 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,488.0 gflops 1,030.4 gflops
Length 198 mm 248 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s 144.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bus support AGP
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 139 Mh/s 90 Mh/s
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