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GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon HD 6850

Intro

The GeForce GTX 560 features a GPU clock speed of 810 MHz, and the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory runs at 1001 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 336 Stream Processors, 56 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 6850, which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 775 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1000 MHz on this specific card. It features 960 SPUs as well as 48 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 560 3030 points
Radeon HD 6850 2395 points
Difference: 635 (27%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6850 127 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 150 Watts
Difference: 23 Watts (18%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 560 should theoretically be a small bit faster than the Radeon HD 6850 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 128128 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6850 128000 MB/sec
Difference: 128 (0%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 should be a lot (approximately 22%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 6850. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 45360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6850 37200 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 8160 (22%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 will be a little bit (more or less 5%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon HD 6850, and also capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 25920 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6850 24800 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 1120 (5%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 560 Radeon HD 6850
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year May 2011 October 2010
Code Name GF114 Barts Pro
Memory 1024 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 810 MHz 775 MHz
Memory Speed 4004 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 150 watts 127 watts
Bandwidth 128128 MB/sec 128000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 45360 Mtexels/sec 37200 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 25920 Mpixels/sec 24800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 336 960
Texture Mapping Units 56 48
Render Output Units 32 32
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 40 nm
Transistors 1950 million 1700 million
Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 560

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Comments

10 Responses to “GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon HD 6850”
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rasta says:

Radeon is much..much better..dx

Bruder95 says:

rasta dumm? oder so mann siehts eindeutig das die 560 besser ist TAUSEND MAL BESSER bei alles

maiky says:

Bruder95 auch dumm? Dafür das die Radeon nur die hälfte kostet, ist sie Leistungstechnisch fast genau so gut. die paar texel und pixel machen minimal etwas aus. bei Spielen wie BF3 wird man den Unterschied etwas merken.

SAM says:

HOW THE f**K U CAME UP WITH THE IDEA THAT RANDON 6850 IS BETTER THEN 560GTX CAN4T U SEE THE BOARD

rilder says:

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Anonymous says:

6850 core speed is infact higher than 775 usually depending on the brand is 790-820

LarsV12 says:

On even modest o'clocks with the HD 6850, +11% core & +12.5% memory (860/1125), the 6850 posts: pixel fill @ 27.5GP/s, texture fill @ 41.3GT/s and mem' b/w @ 144GB/s. Bear in mind, i've brought the clocks down from the core:950/mem:1175, that i've been using for 3D gaming, just to demonstrate the incrdible o'clock potential the 6850 has. Obviously, YEMV. So it's a no-brainer .. if you want a very good card - out of the box, the GTX 560 is it. If you want an excellent o'clock candidate that has huge potential beyond its stock/factory settings? Than you probably wanna go with the HD 6850.

LarsV12 says:

@SAM ... i think you and rilder should "hook up" ... you seem to think *alot* alike.

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