Radeon HD 6850M vs Tesla M10

In this comparison between Radeon HD 6850M and Tesla M10 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Radeon HD 6850M will be the best choice, for others Tesla M10 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Radeon HD 6850M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6850M 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 HD 6850M here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6850M Tesla M10
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Tesla M10 has 350% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850M.
  • Radeon HD 6850M 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 6850M.
  • Radeon HD 6850M is used in Laptops, and Tesla M10 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6850M is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Tesla M10 - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of Tesla M10 is 458 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.
  • Radeon HD 6850M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Tesla M10 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M10 is 4400 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 18−20
ultra / 1080p 0−1 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 12−14 35−40
medium / 1080p 3−4 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M10 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 333% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6850M Tesla M10
Architecture Terascale 2 Maxwell
Code name Granville Pro/LP GM107
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 6 January 2011 18 May 2016
Pipelines 800 640
Core clock speed 575 / 675 MHz 1033 MHz
Boost Clock 1306 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 27.00 52.24
Floating-point performance 1,080.0 gflops 4x 1,672 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 5200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Laptop size large
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