Radeon HD 6850M vs GeForce 930M

Place in the ranking	811	885
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.53	2.80
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GM108	Granville
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	13 March 2015 (9 years ago)	4 January 2011 (13 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	800
Core clock speed	549 MHz	675 MHz
Boost clock speed	549 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	13.18	27.00
Floating-point processing power	0.4216 TFLOPS	1.08 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	24	40

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	no data	large
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

Portable Device Dependent

No outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost	2.0	no data
Optimus	+	-
GameWorks	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.7 (5.1)	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.3	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 930M 2.62
+30.3%

HD 6850M 2.01

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GeForce 930M 2153
+46.5%

HD 6850M 1470

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GeForce 930M 7274
+16.5%

HD 6850M 6246

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	24−27 +20%	20 −20%
Full HD	18 −38.9%	25 +38.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6
+25%

4−5

−25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +23.5%	16−18 −23.5%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	13 +225%	4−5 −225%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +8.6%	35−40 −8.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +23.5%	16−18 −23.5%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24 +100%	12−14 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +8.6%	35−40 −8.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +23.5%	16−18 −23.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +8.6%	35−40 −8.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+50%

4−5

−50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Hitman 3	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +36.4%	10−12 −36.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+20%

5−6

−20%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

This is how GeForce 930M and HD 6850M compete in popular games:

GeForce 930M is 20% faster in 900p
HD 6850M is 39% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GeForce 930M is 300% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 6850M is 71% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GeForce 930M is ahead in 43 tests (81%)
HD 6850M is ahead in 1 test (2%)
there's a draw in 9 tests (17%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.62	2.01
Recency	13 March 2015	4 January 2011
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	50 Watt

GeForce 930M has a 30.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 51.5% lower power consumption.

The GeForce 930M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6850M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.