Radeon HD 6850 vs Tesla M10

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6850 and Tesla M10, 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 M10, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6850 Tesla M10
Power consumption (TDP) 127 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Tesla M10 has 77% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • Radeon HD 6850 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Tesla M10 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M10 has 7 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6850 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Tesla M10 - with Maxwell.
  • Radeon HD 6850 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Tesla M10 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Tesla M10 is 69 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 M10 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 83% more, than Radeon HD 6850.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6850 Tesla M10
Architecture TeraScale 2 Maxwell
Code name Barts GM107
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 21 October 2010 18 May 2016
Pipelines 960 640
Core clock speed 1033 MHz
Boost Clock 1306 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 37.20 52.24
Floating-point performance 1,488.0 gflops 4x 1,672 gflops
Length 198 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Bus support AGP
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 139 Mh/s
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Design reference
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