Radeon HD 6850M vs Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

RTX 5000 Mobile
2019
16 GB GDDR6, 110 Watt
38.37
+1868%

Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 6850M by a whopping 1868% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking110860
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.260.13
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameN19E-Q5Granville Pro/LP
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date27 May 2019 (5 years ago)6 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Current price$3065 $338

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 5000 Mobile has 6254% better value for money than HD 6850M.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3072800
Core clock speed1035 / 1350 MHz575 / 675 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 / 1770 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,600 million1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 / 150 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate296.627.00
Floating-point performanceno data1,080.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile and Radeon HD 6850M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16

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 typeGDDR6DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount16 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s25.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
G-SYNC support+no data

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.55.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA7.5no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

RTX 5000 Mobile 38.37
+1868%
HD 6850M 1.95

Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 6850M by 1868% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 5000 Mobile 24620
+1575%
HD 6850M 1470

Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 6850M by 1575% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 5000 Mobile 54153
+767%
HD 6850M 6246

Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 6850M by 767% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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:

900p350−400
+1650%
20
−1650%
Full HD127
+429%
24
−429%
1440p83
+1975%
4−5
−1975%
4K53
+2550%
2−3
−2550%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+1575%
4−5
−1575%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 104
+5100%
2−3
−5100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+2100%
3−4
−2100%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+12300%
1−2
−12300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 125
+3025%
4−5
−3025%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+1575%
4−5
−1575%
Far Cry 5 75−80
+888%
8−9
−888%
Far Cry New Dawn 95−100
+4700%
2−3
−4700%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+1557%
7−8
−1557%
Hitman 3 95−100
+1820%
5−6
−1820%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
+929%
14−16
−929%
Metro Exodus 144
+1957%
7−8
−1957%
Red Dead Redemption 2 113
+2725%
4−5
−2725%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 130−140
+1091%
10−12
−1091%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+7000%
1−2
−7000%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 94
+4600%
2−3
−4600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+2100%
3−4
−2100%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+12300%
1−2
−12300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 145
+3525%
4−5
−3525%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+1575%
4−5
−1575%
Far Cry 5 77
+863%
8−9
−863%
Far Cry New Dawn 95−100
+4700%
2−3
−4700%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+1557%
7−8
−1557%
Hitman 3 95−100
+1820%
5−6
−1820%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
+929%
14−16
−929%
Metro Exodus 95−100
+1880%
5−6
−1880%
Red Dead Redemption 2 112
+2700%
4−5
−2700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 48
+336%
10−12
−336%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 181
+3520%
5−6
−3520%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+7000%
1−2
−7000%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 73
+3550%
2−3
−3550%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+2100%
3−4
−2100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 88
+2100%
4−5
−2100%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+1575%
4−5
−1575%
Far Cry 5 75−80
+888%
8−9
−888%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+1557%
7−8
−1557%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
+929%
14−16
−929%
Metro Exodus 95−100
+1880%
5−6
−1880%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100
+1900%
5−6
−1900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+7000%
1−2
−7000%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 108
+2600%
4−5
−2600%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
+2367%
3−4
−2367%
Far Cry New Dawn 135
+6650%
2−3
−6650%
Hitman 3 50−55
+2450%
2−3
−2450%
Red Dead Redemption 2 44 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 63
+2000%
3−4
−2000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+2000%
2−3
−2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 81
+1520%
5−6
−1520%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Far Cry 5 102
+3300%
3−4
−3300%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+3900%
2−3
−3900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+1283%
6−7
−1283%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+2300%
3−4
−2300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 90−95
+2225%
4−5
−2225%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+2600%
2−3
−2600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35 0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 60−65
+771%
7−8
−771%
Far Cry New Dawn 76
+2433%
3−4
−2433%
Hitman 3 30−35
+3000%
1−2
−3000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+2300%
2−3
−2300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 47
+2250%
2−3
−2250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 71
+2267%
3−4
−2267%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40
+3900%
1−2
−3900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27 0−1
Battlefield 5 73
+2333%
3−4
−2333%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 55 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+2550%
2−3
−2550%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+2300%
2−3
−2300%
Metro Exodus 40−45
+900%
4−5
−900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50
+1567%
3−4
−1567%

This is how RTX 5000 Mobile and HD 6850M compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5000 Mobile is 1650% faster in 900p
  • RTX 5000 Mobile is 429% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 5000 Mobile is 1975% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 5000 Mobile is 2550% faster in 4K

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 5000 Mobile is 12300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 5000 Mobile surpassed HD 6850M in all 49 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 38.37 1.95
Recency 27 May 2019 6 January 2011
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 50 Watt

The Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6850M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Radeon HD 6850M is a mobile workstation one.


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