NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A vs AMD Radeon HD 6850

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Combined performance score

HD 6850
5.09

GeForce GTX 950A outperforms Radeon HD 6850 by 32% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking584526
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.520.15
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameBartsGM107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date21 October 2010 (13 years old)13 March 2015 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 no data
Current price$177 (1x MSRP)$1099
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 6850 has 247% better value for money than GTX 950A.

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 cores960640
Core clock speedno data993 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1124 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)127 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate37.2044.96
Floating-point performance1,488.0 gflops1,271 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 supportAGPno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length198 mmno data
Width2-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/s32.03 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI+no data
DisplayPort support-no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data

API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkanno data1.1.126
Mantle-no data
CUDAno data5.0

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.

HD 6850 5.09
GTX 950A 6.72
+32%

GeForce GTX 950A outperforms Radeon HD 6850 by 32% 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%

HD 6850 1973
GTX 950A 2604
+32%

GeForce GTX 950A outperforms Radeon HD 6850 by 32% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 5.09 6.72
Recency 21 October 2010 13 March 2015
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 127 Watt 75 Watt

The GeForce GTX 950A is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6850 in performance tests.


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