HD 6850 benchmark with i7-975 1080p, 1440p, Ultrawide, 4K benchmarks at Ultra Quality

With current 1024 MB RAM, the HD 6850 can have serious memory-related bottlenecks in more modern games. This combination between HD 6850 and Intel Core i7-975 @ 3.33GHz has less than 8% bottleneck in many games and is perfect match to avoid FPS loss. This combination between HD 6850 and Intel Core i7-975 @ 3.33GHz is a perfect match to avoid FPS loss.

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AMD Radeon HD 6850
Price $ 199.0
Year 2010
Maximum Recorded Temperature 82C
Max Fan Noise 50.7dB
Recommended Power Supply 477W
Benchmark CPU Intel Core i7-975 @ 3.33GHz ($179.99)
CPU Impact on FPS + 0.0 FPS
CPU Impact on FPS % 0.0%
Benchmark Quality Settings Ultra Quality Settings
Average 1080p Performance 23.7 FPS
Average 1440p Performance 12.4 FPS
(Ultrawide) Average 1440p Performance 10.8 FPS
Average 4K Performance 7.7 FPS
Memory 1 GB
1080p Cost Per Frame $ 7.6
1440p Cost Per Frame $ 14.4
(Ultrawide) 1440p Cost Per Frame $ 16.6
4K Cost Per Frame $ 23.3
Series HD 6850
Variant AMD Radeon HD 6850
Overall Combination Score 52/100 Acceptable

AMD ’s xx50 cards have always been defined by budget prices with performance that knocks on the door of entry-level graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the TeraScale 2 graphics card inside the HD 6850, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.

Compare HD 6850 Variants Performance in Ultra Quality

Assassin's Creed Valhalla (2020)

Ultra Quality

Resolution 1920x1080

Year Graphics Card Price Frames Per Second
2013 AMD Radeon R9 270 $ 179
14.3 FPS
2012 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 $ 229
12.8 FPS
2010 AMD Radeon HD 6970 $ 369
12.3 FPS
2012 AMD Radeon HD 7850 $ 249
11.5 FPS
2013 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost $ 169
11.4 FPS
2010 AMD Radeon HD 6950 $ 299
10.9 FPS
2011 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti $ 249
10.6 FPS
2010 AMD Radeon HD 6870 $ 239
9.6 FPS
2010 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 $ 349
9.3 FPS
2011 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 $ 199
9.1 FPS
2013 AMD Radeon HD 7790 $ 149
8.9 FPS
2012 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti $ 149
8.9 FPS
2008 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 $ 359
8.1 FPS
2010 AMD Radeon HD 6850 $ 179
8.0 FPS
2008 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 $ 299
6.8 FPS
2013 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 $ 109
6.2 FPS
2011 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti $ 149
6.1 FPS
2008 ATI Radeon HD 4870 $ 299
6.0 FPS
2012 AMD Radeon HD 7750 $ 109
5.8 FPS
2013 AMD Radeon R7 250 $ 89
5.4 FPS
2010 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 $ 129
4.9 FPS

The HD 6850 sits between the GTX 285 and the GTX 260 Core 216, falling slower than GTX 285 by 1.3% and faster than GTX 260 Core 216 by 17.6%. It has below average relative performance against every graphics card here. Its results are actually indistinguishable from those of the GTX 285.

Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)

Ultra Quality

Resolution 1920x1080

Year Graphics Card Price Frames Per Second
2013 AMD Radeon R9 270 $ 179
14.3 FPS
2012 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 $ 229
12.8 FPS
2010 AMD Radeon HD 6970 $ 369
12.3 FPS
2012 AMD Radeon HD 7850 $ 249
11.5 FPS
2013 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost $ 169
11.4 FPS
2010 AMD Radeon HD 6950 $ 299
10.9 FPS
2011 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti $ 249
10.6 FPS
2010 AMD Radeon HD 6870 $ 239
9.6 FPS
2010 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 $ 349
9.3 FPS
2011 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 $ 199
9.1 FPS
2013 AMD Radeon HD 7790 $ 149
8.9 FPS
2012 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti $ 149
8.9 FPS
2008 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 $ 359
8.1 FPS
2010 AMD Radeon HD 6850 $ 179
8.0 FPS
2008 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 $ 299
6.8 FPS
2013 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 $ 109
6.2 FPS
2011 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti $ 149
6.1 FPS
2008 ATI Radeon HD 4870 $ 299
6.0 FPS
2012 AMD Radeon HD 7750 $ 109
5.8 FPS
2013 AMD Radeon R7 250 $ 89
5.4 FPS
2010 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 $ 129
4.9 FPS

The HD 6850 sits between the GTX 285 and the GTX 260 Core 216, falling slower than GTX 285 by 1.3% and faster than GTX 260 Core 216 by 17.6%. It has below average relative performance against every graphics card here. Its results are actually indistinguishable from those of the GTX 285.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019)

Ultra Quality

Resolution 1920x1080

Year Graphics Card Price Frames Per Second
2013 AMD Radeon R9 270 $ 179
38.0 FPS
2012 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 $ 229
34.0 FPS
2010 AMD Radeon HD 6970 $ 369
32.7 FPS
2012 AMD Radeon HD 7850 $ 249
30.7 FPS
2013 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost $ 169
30.5 FPS
2010 AMD Radeon HD 6950 $ 299
29.1 FPS
2011 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti $ 249
28.3 FPS
2010 AMD Radeon HD 6870 $ 239
25.7 FPS
2010 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 $ 349
24.8 FPS
2011 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 $ 199
24.2 FPS
2013 AMD Radeon HD 7790 $ 149
23.7 FPS
2012 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti $ 149
23.7 FPS
2008 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 $ 359
21.7 FPS
2010 AMD Radeon HD 6850 $ 179
21.3 FPS
2008 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 $ 299
18.0 FPS
2013 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 $ 109
16.5 FPS
2011 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti $ 149
16.3 FPS
2008 ATI Radeon HD 4870 $ 299
16.1 FPS
2012 AMD Radeon HD 7750 $ 109
15.5 FPS
2013 AMD Radeon R7 250 $ 89
14.5 FPS
2010 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 $ 129
13.1 FPS

The HD 6850 sits between the GTX 285 and the GTX 260 Core 216, falling slower than GTX 285 by 1.9% and faster than GTX 260 Core 216 by 18.3%. It has below average relative performance against every graphics card here. Its results are actually indistinguishable from those of the GTX 285.

Game Performance at Ultra Quality settings

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Resolution 1920x1080

1% Low [Min FPS] Average FPS
Year Game Frames Per Second
2023 Resident Evil 4
14
16.1
2023 A Plague Tale: Requiem
9
11.0
2023 Hogwarts Legacy
8
9.5
2023 The Last of Us Part I
6
7.3
2023 Forspoken
7
8.5
2023 The Callisto Protocol
5
6.6
2023 Dead Space
9
11.0
2023 Baldur's Gate 3
11
13.0
2023 Armored Core VI
11
13.0
2023 Immortals of Aveum
5
5.8
2023 Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
10
11.7
2023 Remnant II
5
6.6
2023 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
7
8.8
2023 Atomic Heart
7
8.8
2023 Starfield
3
4.4
2022 Elden Ring
9
10.3
2022 God of War
8
9.8
2022 Overwatch 2
16
18.2
2022 F1 22
11
13.1
2022 Dying Light 2
11
12.4
2022 Total War: Warhammer III
11
12.4
2022 Spider-Man Remastered
18
20.4
2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
13
14.6
2021 Forza Horizon 5
8
9.9
2021 Halo Infinite
6
7.6
2021 Battlefield 2042
12
14.0
2021 Hitman 3
15
16.8
2021 Far Cry 6
14
15.6
2021 Guardians of the Galaxy
15
17.1
2020 Watch Dogs: Legion
15
17.2
2020 Assassin's Creed Valhalla
7
8.0
2020 Microsoft Flight Simulator
4
5.2
2020 Valorant
31
35.0
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
12
13.7
2020 Death Stranding
14
15.9
2020 Marvel's Avengers
9
10.3
2020 Godfall
13
15.4
2020 Cyberpunk 2077
7
8.0
2019 Apex Legends
16
18.0
2019 Anthem
10
11.6
2019 Far Cry New Dawn
15
17.0
2019 Resident Evil 2
19
21.5
2019 Metro Exodus
8
9.6
2019 World War Z
15
17.7
2019 Gears of War 5
12
14.0
2019 F1 2019
15
17.5
2019 GreedFall
14
15.8
2019 Borderlands 3
9
11.1
2019 Call of Duty Modern Warfare
19
21.3
2019 Red Dead Redemption 2
7
8.2
2019 Need For Speed: Heat
11
12.9
2018 Just Cause 4
12
13.8
2018 Monster Hunter: World
13
14.9
2018 Strange Brigade
20
22.5
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
17
19.2
2017 For Honor
23
25.6
2017 Project CARS 2
16
18.1
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
19
21.9
2016 Dishonored 2
11
13.2
2015 Rocket League
67
74.6
2015 Need For Speed
18
20.7
2015 Project CARS
17
19.8
2015 Rainbow Six Siege
32
36.2
2013 Bioshock Infinite
32
35.7
2013 Company of Heroes 2
23
26.5
2013 GRID 2
27
30.7
2013 Total War: Rome 2
32
36.0
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
45
51.1
2011 DiRT 3
44
49.1
2011 Portal 2
79
88.7
2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
20
22.9
2011 Batman: Arkham City
38
43.0
2011 Total War: Shogun 2
45
50.5
2011 Battlefield 3
33
37.5
2010 Civilization V
29
32.3
2010 Metro: 2033
23
26.0
2010 Starcraft II
46
51.6
2009 League of Legends
86
95.9
2008 Crysis: Warhead
23
26.2

Resolution 2560x1440

1% Low [Min FPS] Average FPS
Year Game Frames Per Second
2023 Resident Evil 4
9
11.7
2023 A Plague Tale: Requiem
6
8.0
2023 Hogwarts Legacy
5
7.3
2023 The Last of Us Part I
4
5.5
2023 Forspoken
4
5.5
2023 The Callisto Protocol
3
4.7
2023 Dead Space
5
7.3
2023 Baldur's Gate 3
8
10.5
2023 Armored Core VI
8
10.5
2023 Immortals of Aveum
3
4.1
2023 Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
6
8.0
2023 Remnant II
3
4.4
2023 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
5
6.6
2023 Atomic Heart
5
6.3
2023 Starfield
3
3.9
2022 Elden Ring
6
8.2
2022 God of War
6
8.4
2022 Overwatch 2
12
15.7
2022 F1 22
6
8.0
2022 Dying Light 2
6
8.0
2022 Total War: Warhammer III
7
8.8
2022 Spider-Man Remastered
11
14.6
2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
7
9.5
2021 Forza Horizon 5
6
8.5
2021 Halo Infinite
5
6.8
2021 Battlefield 2042
7
9.3
2021 Hitman 3
9
12.0
2021 Far Cry 6
9
11.7
2021 Guardians of the Galaxy
9
12.1
2020 Watch Dogs: Legion
8
11.2
2020 Assassin's Creed Valhalla
5
6.9
2020 Microsoft Flight Simulator
3
4.6
2020 Valorant
22
28.6
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
8
10.8
2020 Death Stranding
9
12.3
2020 Marvel's Avengers
5
7.3
2020 Godfall
8
10.3
2020 Cyberpunk 2077
6
7.5
2019 Apex Legends
10
13.4
2019 Anthem
7
9.2
2019 Far Cry New Dawn
10
13.2
2019 Resident Evil 2
11
14.5
2019 Metro Exodus
6
7.5
2019 World War Z
10
12.9
2019 Gears of War 5
8
10.1
2019 F1 2019
9
12.4
2019 GreedFall
9
11.4
2019 Borderlands 3
6
7.8
2019 Call of Duty Modern Warfare
12
15.3
2019 Red Dead Redemption 2
5
6.7
2019 Need For Speed: Heat
8
10.1
2018 Just Cause 4
8
10.2
2018 Monster Hunter: World
8
10.4
2018 Strange Brigade
12
15.7
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
11
13.8
2017 For Honor
11
14.9
2017 Project CARS 2
10
12.8
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
15
19.8
2016 Dishonored 2
9
11.3
2015 Rocket League
25
32.0
2015 Need For Speed
12
16.0
2015 Project CARS
12
15.1
2015 Rainbow Six Siege
18
23.4
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
34
42.6
2009 League of Legends
42
53.3

Resolution 3440x1440

1% Low [Min FPS] Average FPS
Year Game Frames Per Second
2019 Apex Legends
8
11.4
2019 Anthem
5
7.6
2019 Far Cry New Dawn
8
10.8
2019 Resident Evil 2
8
11.6
2019 Metro Exodus
4
6.5
2019 World War Z
8
10.9
2019 Gears of War 5
6
8.8
2019 F1 2019
8
10.9
2019 GreedFall
6
8.6
2019 Borderlands 3
4
6.3
2019 Call of Duty Modern Warfare
9
13.1
2019 Red Dead Redemption 2
4
5.9
2019 Need For Speed: Heat
6
8.8
2018 Just Cause 4
6
8.3
2018 Monster Hunter: World
6
8.2
2018 Strange Brigade
9
12.9
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
9
12.5
2017 For Honor
9
12.0
2017 Project CARS 2
9
12.5
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
14
19.5
2016 Dishonored 2
8
10.8
2015 Rocket League
19
25.1
2015 Need For Speed
10
14.2
2015 Project CARS
10
13.7
2015 Rainbow Six Siege
13
18.4
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
32
43.3
2009 League of Legends
30
39.9

Resolution 3840x2160

1% Low [Min FPS] Average FPS
Year Game Frames Per Second
2023 Resident Evil 4
6
8.8
2023 A Plague Tale: Requiem
3
5.1
2023 Hogwarts Legacy
3
5.1
2023 The Last of Us Part I
2
2.9
2023 Forspoken
1
2.6
2023 The Callisto Protocol
1
2.3
2023 Dead Space
2
2.9
2023 Baldur's Gate 3
4
5.8
2023 Armored Core VI
4
5.8
2023 Immortals of Aveum
1
1.9
2023 Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
3
4.4
2023 Remnant II
1
2.2
2023 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
2
3.2
2023 Atomic Heart
2
3.9
2023 Starfield
1
2.6
2022 Elden Ring
3
4.6
2022 God of War
4
6.5
2022 Overwatch 2
8
11.8
2022 F1 22
4
5.8
2022 Dying Light 2
4
5.8
2022 Total War: Warhammer III
4
6.6
2022 Spider-Man Remastered
7
10.2
2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
4
5.8
2021 Forza Horizon 5
4
6.6
2021 Halo Infinite
3
4.7
2021 Battlefield 2042
4
6.0
2021 Hitman 3
5
7.3
2021 Far Cry 6
4
6.3
2021 Guardians of the Galaxy
4
6.6
2020 Watch Dogs: Legion
5
7.3
2020 Assassin's Creed Valhalla
3
4.7
2020 Microsoft Flight Simulator
2
3.6
2020 Valorant
17
24.9
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
4
5.8
2020 Death Stranding
5
7.5
2020 Marvel's Avengers
2
3.9
2020 Godfall
3
4.9
2020 Cyberpunk 2077
3
4.9
2019 Apex Legends
5
8.0
2019 Anthem
3
5.0
2019 Far Cry New Dawn
4
7.0
2019 Resident Evil 2
4
7.1
2019 Metro Exodus
3
4.7
2019 World War Z
5
7.4
2019 Gears of War 5
4
6.4
2019 F1 2019
5
7.9
2019 GreedFall
3
4.7
2019 Borderlands 3
2
4.0
2019 Call of Duty Modern Warfare
6
9.2
2019 Red Dead Redemption 2
3
4.3
2019 Need For Speed: Heat
4
6.4
2018 Just Cause 4
3
5.3
2018 Monster Hunter: World
3
5.0
2018 Strange Brigade
5
8.5
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
6
9.6
2017 For Honor
5
7.5
2017 Project CARS 2
7
10.6
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
11
16.6
2016 Dishonored 2
6
8.9
2015 Rocket League
10
14.9
2015 Need For Speed
7
10.6
2015 Project CARS
7
10.6
2015 Rainbow Six Siege
7
10.9
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
26
38.3
2009 League of Legends
14
21.3
HD 6850 with i7-975 at 1080p and Ultra Quality settings
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HD 6850 with i7-975 at 4K and Ultra Quality settings

HD 6850 Specifications

HD 6850 Board Design

Board NumberC223
Length7.8 inches 198 mm
Outputs2x DVI1x HDMI2x mini-DisplayPort
Power Connectors1x 6-pin
Slot WidthDual-slot
TDP127 W

HD 6850 Clock Speeds

GPU Clock775 MHz
Memory Clock1000 MHz 4000 MHz effective

HD 6850 Graphics Card

Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16
GenerationNorthern Islands (HD 6800)
Launch Price179 USD
ProductionEnd-of-life
Release DateOct 21st, 2010

HD 6850 Graphics Features

DirectX11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL1.2
OpenGL4.4
Shader Model5
VulkanN/A

HD 6850 Graphics Processor

ArchitectureTeraScale 2
Die Size255 mm²
GPU NameBarts
GPU VariantBarts PRO (215-0798006)
Process Size40 nm
Transistors1,700 million

HD 6850 Memory

Bandwidth128.0 GB/s
Memory Bus256 bit
Memory Size1024 MB
Memory TypeGDDR5

HD 6850 Render Config

Compute Units12
ROPs32
Shading Units960
TMUs48

HD 6850 Theoretical Performance

FP32 (float) performance1,488 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate24.80 GPixel/s
Texture Rate37.20 GTexel/s

Critics Reviews

It’s obvious that when Shakespeare penned this famous quip, he was foretelling the arrival of AMD’s Radeon HD 6800-series cards. Wherefore art thou, Radeon 6700?... “What’s in a name?
The Radeon HD 6850 finds itself in a similar situation. Overall, the Radeon HD 6850 trails the older Radeon HD 5850, but hangs with or outruns a stock GeForce GTX 460 1GB, an overclocked 460 ...
As a lower clocked Barts card, 6850 cards not binned for poor maximum clocks should have a fair bit of overclocking room as AMD intended for the design to hit 900MHz+.
In any case, today we’ll be looking at 3 partner cards alongside our reference 6850: the XFX Radeon HD 6850 (HD-685X-ZNFC), the Asus EAH6850, and the MSI R6850 OC.
The AMD Radeon HD 6850 isn't quite the must-buy card that we expected it to be, especially at its initial pricing. Now that the dust has settled a little on the pricing front it's a much a more ...
XFX’s Radeon HD 6850, pictured above, is a complete departure from AMD’s reference design. The XFX Radeon HD 6850 sports a custom cooler and is built upon a PCB that slightly shorter than the ...
AMD's new Radeon HD 6850 is priced at an extremely affordable $179. This poses the question whether two cards in CrossFire can manage to claim the price/performance sweet spot in the $360 segment or if other alternatives are better.
The AMD Radeon HD 6850, though, is unquestionably a fine card, and will deliver remarkable performance for not very much money if AMD is your preferred video purveyor.
For today’s launch AMD is pricing the Radeon HD 6870 at $239, and the Radeon HD 6850 at $179. This is a hard launch, and boards should be available by the time you’re reading this article (or ...
Because the Radeon HD 5770 is a smaller card, it demands less power under full load: 200 watts, versus 219 watts for the HD 6850. On the other hand, the HD 6850 demands less power when idle--102 ...
The Radeon HD 6850 was a mid-range graphics card by AMD, launched in October 2010. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the Barts graphics processor, in its Barts PRO variant, the card supports DirectX 11.2.
The Radeon HD 6800-series might not be exactly what we expected, but that doesn't necessarily make it a disappointment. Find out about AMD's Radeon HD 6800 graphics family, why the name is ...
Comparatively, the new Radeon HD 6870 has 175MHz faster engine clock speed at 900MHz, versus the Radeon HD 5850 at 725MHz but it also has 320 fewer Stream Processors (1120 for the HD 6870, 1440 ...
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