NVS 810 vs Radeon HD 6850M

Place in the ranking	967	861
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.91	3.13
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	Granville	GM107
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	4 January 2011 (15 years ago)	4 November 2015 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	800	512 ×2
Core clock speed	675 MHz	902 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1033 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	68 Watt
Texture fill rate	27.00	33.06 ×2
Floating-point processing power	1.08 TFLOPS	1.058 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	16	16 ×2
TMUs	40	32 ×2
L1 Cache	80 KB	256 KB
L2 Cache	256 KB	1024 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	198 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB ×2
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	14.4 GB/s ×2
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

8x mini-DisplayPort

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

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

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	20 −35%	27−30 +35%
Full HD	26 −34.6%	35−40 +34.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Resident Evil 4 Remake	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Escape from Tarkov	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Fortnite	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −40%	14−16 +40%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12 −45.5%	16−18 +45.5%
Valorant	35−40 −44.7%	55−60 +44.7%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	35−40 −41%	55−60 +41%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Dota 2	21−24 −42.9%	30−33 +42.9%
Escape from Tarkov	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Fortnite	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −40%	14−16 +40%
Grand Theft Auto V	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12 −45.5%	16−18 +45.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
Valorant	35−40 −44.7%	55−60 +44.7%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Dota 2	21−24 −42.9%	30−33 +42.9%
Escape from Tarkov	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −40%	14−16 +40%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12 −45.5%	16−18 +45.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
Valorant	35−40 −44.7%	55−60 +44.7%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

8−9
−25%

10−11

+25%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	12−14 −38.5%	18−20 +38.5%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20 −42.1%	27−30 +42.1%
Valorant	12−14 −38.5%	18−20 +38.5%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

3−4

−33.3%

4−5
+33.3%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −40%	21−24 +40%
Valorant	10−11 −40%	14−16 +40%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Escape from Tarkov	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

3−4

−33.3%

4−5
+33.3%

This is how HD 6850M and NVS 810 compete in popular games:

NVS 810 is 35% faster in 900p
NVS 810 is 35% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.88	2.75
Recency	4 January 2011	4 November 2015
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	68 Watt

HD 6850M has 36% lower power consumption.

NVS 810, on the other hand, has a 46% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 43% more advanced lithography process.

The NVS 810 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6850M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6850M is a notebook graphics card while NVS 810 is a workstation one.