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AMD · 2010

Radeon HD 6850

The Radeon HD 6850 is a mid-range graphics card released by AMD in 2010, based on the TeraScale 2 architecture.

The Radeon HD 6850 is a graphics card from AMD, released on October 22, 2010, with a launch MSRP of $179. It uses the Barts Pro GPU built on a 40 nm process node and features the TeraScale 2 architecture. The card has 960 shading units, a base clock of 775 MHz, and 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 128 GB/s. It has a board power (TDP) of 127 W and connects via PCIe 2.1 ×16. This card is designed for gaming and general graphics tasks, compatible with motherboards supporting PCIe 2.1.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D Mark1,979
PassMark G2D Mark425
Nero Score AVC encode950 fps

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Specifications

Architecture unverified TeraScale 2
GPU chip unverified Barts Pro
Process node unverified 40 nm
Shading units unverified 960
Base clock unverified 775 MHz
Memory size unverified 1 GB
Memory type unverified GDDR5
Memory bus unverified 256 bit
Memory bandwidth unverified 128 GB/s
Board power (TDP) unverified 127 W
Bus interface unverified PCIe 2.1 ×16
Release date unverified 2010-10-22
Release year unverified 2010
Launch MSRP unverified 179 USD