Radeon HD 6310 vs GeForce GTX 850M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 850M and Radeon HD 6310, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 850M
2014
2 GB DDR3, 45 Watt
6.06
+1990%

850M outperforms HD 6310 by a whopping 1990% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking6271385
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.351.24
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGM107Loveland
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 March 2014 (11 years ago)9 November 2010 (15 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 cores64080
Core clock speedUp to 936 MHz276 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million450 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate36.082.208
Floating-point processing power1.155 TFLOPS0.04416 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs408
L1 Cache320 KBno data
L2 Cache2 MBno data

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
SLI options+-

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 typeDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Standard memory configurationDDR3 or GDDR5no data
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedUp to 2500 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth80.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

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

H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
Ansel+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.11.2
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

GTX 850M 6.06
+1990%
HD 6310 0.29

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 850M 2536
+1979%
Samples: 2850
HD 6310 122
Samples: 2049

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.

GTX 850M 4386
+1647%
HD 6310 251

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.

GTX 850M 15863
+2196%
HD 6310 691

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:

900p84
+2000%
4−5
−2000%
Full HD32
+3100%
1−2
−3100%
4K10-0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 30−33
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Hogwarts Legacy 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Counter-Strike 2 30−33
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Far Cry 5 18−20 0−1
Fortnite 35−40
+3600%
1−2
−3600%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+600%
4−5
−600%
Forza Horizon 5 18−20 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+229%
7−8
−229%
Valorant 70−75
+169%
24−27
−169%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Counter-Strike 2 30−33
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 99
+662%
12−14
−662%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Dota 2 50−55
+456%
9−10
−456%
Far Cry 5 18−20 0−1
Fortnite 35−40
+3600%
1−2
−3600%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+600%
4−5
−600%
Forza Horizon 5 18−20 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 20 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Metro Exodus 12−14 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+229%
7−8
−229%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21
+320%
5−6
−320%
Valorant 70−75
+169%
24−27
−169%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Dota 2 50−55
+456%
9−10
−456%
Far Cry 5 18−20 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+600%
4−5
−600%
Hogwarts Legacy 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+229%
7−8
−229%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
+120%
5−6
−120%
Valorant 70−75
+169%
24−27
−169%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 35−40
+3600%
1−2
−3600%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 45−50
+2250%
2−3
−2250%
Grand Theft Auto V 6−7 0−1
Metro Exodus 6−7 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+1200%
3−4
−1200%
Valorant 65−70
+2200%
3−4
−2200%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 10−11 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6 0−1
Far Cry 5 12−14 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 12−14 0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+21.4%
14−16
−21.4%
Hogwarts Legacy 1−2 0−1
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5 0−1
Valorant 30−35
+1450%
2−3
−1450%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Dota 2 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 9−10 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 1−2 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

This is how GTX 850M and HD 6310 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 850M is 2000% faster in 900p
  • GTX 850M is 3100% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 850M is 1450% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 850M surpassed HD 6310 in all 30 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.06 0.29
Recency 12 March 2014 9 November 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 18 Watt

GTX 850M has a 1989.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

HD 6310, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 850M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6310 in performance tests.

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