Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition vs GeForce RTX 3080
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 41 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 67 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 39.98 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 14.38 | no data |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GA102 | Cypress |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 September 2020 (5 years ago) | 21 August 2012 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | 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 | 8704 | 1440 |
| Core clock speed | 1440 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1710 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 28,300 million | 2,154 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 320 Watt | 151 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 465.1 | 52.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 29.77 TFLOPS | 2.088 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 96 | 32 |
| TMUs | 272 | 72 |
| Tensor Cores | 272 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 68 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 8.5 MB | 144 KB |
| L2 Cache | 5 MB | 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 4.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 285 mm | 241 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 12-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 | GDDR6X | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 10 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1188 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 760.3 GB/s | 128.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
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 | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 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 Ultimate (12_2) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | N/A |
| CUDA | 8.5 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 September 2020 | 21 August 2012 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 10 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 320 Watt | 151 Watt |
RTX 3080 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.
HD 6850 1440SP Edition, on the other hand, has 111.9% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 and Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
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