Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition vs GRID K340
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 822 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.02 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.99 | no data |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GK107 | Cypress |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 23 July 2013 (12 years ago) | 21 August 2012 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $3,299 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 ×4 | 1440 |
| Core clock speed | 950 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,270 million | 2,154 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 151 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 30.40 ×4 | 52.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.7296 TFLOPS ×4 | 2.088 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 ×4 | 32 |
| TMUs | 32 ×4 | 72 |
| L1 Cache | 32 KB | 144 KB |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 512 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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 241 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB ×4 | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit ×4 | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s ×4 | 128.0 GB/s |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 3.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 July 2013 | 21 August 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 151 Watt |
GRID K340 has an age advantage of 11 months, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
HD 6850 1440SP Edition, on the other hand, has 49% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GRID K340 and Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GRID K340 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition is a desktop one.
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