Radeon HD 6850M vs Tesla M2070 Q

In this comparison between Radeon HD 6850M and Tesla M2070 Q 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 M2070 Q 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 M2070 Q
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Tesla M2070 Q has 350% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850M.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Tesla M2070 Q has 5 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850M.
  • Radeon HD 6850M is used in Laptops, and Tesla M2070 Q - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6850M is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Tesla M2070 Q - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6850M is 1 MHz higher, than Tesla M2070 Q.
  • Radeon HD 6850M and Tesla M2070 Q are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M2070 Q is 2332 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 3−4
ultra / 1080p 0−1 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 14−16
medium / 1080p 3−4 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M2070 Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6850M Tesla M2070 Q
Architecture Terascale 2 Fermi
Code name Granville Pro/LP GF100
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 6 January 2011 25 July 2011
Pipelines 800 448
Core clock speed 575 / 675 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 27.00 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,080.0 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 3132 MHz
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s 150.3 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 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 94 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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