Radeon HD 6850 vs Tesla M6

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6850 and Tesla M6. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Radeon HD 6850 and Tesla M6. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6850 Tesla M6
Power consumption (TDP) 127 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
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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  • Radeon HD 6850 has 27% more power consumption, than Tesla M6.
  • Radeon HD 6850 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Tesla M6 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M6 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 M6 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Radeon HD 6850 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Tesla M6 - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 24−27
QHD / 1440p 0−1 20−22
4K / 2160p 10−12
low / 720p 21−24 65−70
medium / 1080p 12−14 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M6 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than Radeon HD 6850.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6850 Tesla M6
Architecture TeraScale 2 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Barts GM204
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 21 October 2010 30 August 2015
Pipelines 960 1536
Core clock speed 930 MHz
Boost Clock 1180 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 37.20 113.3
Floating-point performance 1,488.0 gflops 3,625 gflops
Length 198 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s 160.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.2
Bus support AGP
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 139 Mh/s
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Design reference
CrossFire +
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