Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 6850 outperforms GeForce GTX 980 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 6850 is 1429 days older than GeForce GTX 980.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 6850 - 4 vs 1 GB
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6850
- Performs up to 2% better in Rust than GeForce GTX 980 - 104 vs 102 FPS
- Consumes up to 23% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 127 vs 165 Watts
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
GeForce GTX 980
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Radeon HD 6850
Desktop • Oct 21st, 2010
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 980
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
77.82 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
155.6 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 6850 |
|---|---|---|
Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Oct 21st, 2010 |
| GeForce 900 | Generation | Northern Islands |
| $549 | MSRP | $179 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 1 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 128 GB/s |
1127 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 775 MHz |
| 1216 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1000 MHz |
