AMD Radeon HD 6850 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti

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Combined performance score

GTX 750 Ti
10.07
+97.8%

GeForce GTX 750 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 6850 by 98% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking409584
Place by popularity23not in top-100
Value for money1.060.52
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGM107Barts
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date18 February 2014 (10 years old)21 October 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 $179
Current price$357 (2.4x MSRP)$177 (1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 750 Ti has 104% better value for money than HD 6850.

Technical specs

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 cores640960
CUDA cores640no data
Core clock speed1020 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1085 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt127 Watt
Texture fill rate43.4037.20
Floating-point performance1,389 gflops1,488.0 gflops

Size and 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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0AGP
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length5.7" (14.5 cm)198 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed5.4 GB/sno data
Memory bandwidth86.4 GB/s128.0 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One mini-HDMI2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
Eyefinityno data1
HDMI++
HDCP+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
DisplayPort supportno data-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Technologies

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

AppAccelerationno data-
CrossFireno data1
Endurono data-
HD3Dno data-
PowerTuneno data-
TrueAudiono data-
ZeroCoreno data-
Blu Ray 3D+no data
3D Gaming+no data
3D Vision+no data
3D Vision Live+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)DirectX® 11
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126no data
Mantleno data-
CUDA+no 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.

GTX 750 Ti 10.07
+97.8%
HD 6850 5.09

GeForce GTX 750 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 6850 by 98% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 750 Ti 3902
+97.8%
HD 6850 1973

GeForce GTX 750 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 6850 by 98% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 750 Ti 4294
+74.6%
HD 6850 2460

GeForce GTX 750 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 6850 by 75% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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:

Full HD50
+108%
24−27
−108%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+100%
8−9
−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+110%
10−11
−110%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+113%
16−18
−113%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+125%
12−14
−125%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+100%
8−9
−100%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+108%
12−14
−108%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+125%
12−14
−125%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+100%
18−20
−100%
Hitman 3 24−27
+117%
12−14
−117%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+110%
10−11
−110%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+110%
10−11
−110%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+100%
9−10
−100%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+110%
10−11
−110%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+113%
16−18
−113%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+125%
12−14
−125%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+100%
8−9
−100%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+108%
12−14
−108%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+125%
12−14
−125%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+100%
18−20
−100%
Hitman 3 24−27
+117%
12−14
−117%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+110%
10−11
−110%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+110%
10−11
−110%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+110%
10−11
−110%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+100%
9−10
−100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+110%
10−11
−110%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+113%
16−18
−113%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+100%
8−9
−100%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+108%
12−14
−108%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+125%
12−14
−125%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+100%
18−20
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+110%
10−11
−110%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+100%
9−10
−100%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Hitman 3 16−18
+100%
8−9
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+100%
8−9
−100%
Metro Exodus 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Battlefield 5 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+100%
8−9
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+100%
8−9
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+100%
9−10
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Hitman 3 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Battlefield 5 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

This is how GTX 750 Ti and HD 6850 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 750 Ti is 108% faster than HD 6850

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 10.07 5.09
Recency 18 February 2014 21 October 2010
Cost $149 $179
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 127 Watt

The GeForce GTX 750 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6850 in performance tests.


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