Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 6850 vs Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
AMD
Radeon HD 6850
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 21 Oct 2010
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 15 Feb 2012
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- Radeon HD 6850100%
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition109%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- Radeon HD 6850108%
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 6850
- 8% higher gaming performance.
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
- 47 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6850 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon HD 6850
The Radeon HD 6850 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (39 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 6850 | Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition |
|---|
| GPU Name | Barts (Barts PRO) | Cape Verde (Cape Verde XT) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 255 mm² | 123 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,700 million | 1,500 million |
| Shaders | 960 | 640 |
| Compute Units | 12 | 10 |
| Core clock | 775 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 48 | 40 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 6850 | Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective | 1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6850 | Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition |
|---|
| TDP | 127 watts | 80 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Oct 2010 | 15 Feb 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 685024.80 GP/s
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition16.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 685037.20 GT/s
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition40.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 6850128.00 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition72.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 68501488.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition1280.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon HD 68503810
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition4170
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Alan Wake
- Radeon HD 685036.8
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition32.2
FPS (higher is better)
Batman: Arkham City
- Radeon HD 685040.7
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition34.9
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield 3
- Radeon HD 685025.2
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition27.1
FPS (higher is better)
Borderlands 2
- Radeon HD 685052.3
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition41.1
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis
- Radeon HD 685025.9
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition21.9
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 2
- Radeon HD 685026.4
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition26.3
FPS (higher is better)
Diablo III
- Radeon HD 685071.9
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition54.2
FPS (higher is better)
Dragon Age II
- Radeon HD 685025.7
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition24.2
FPS (higher is better)
F1 2012
- Radeon HD 685043.1
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition41.3
FPS (higher is better)
Max Payne 3
- Radeon HD 685029.7
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition31.6
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- Radeon HD 685020
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition22
FPS (higher is better)
Metro 2033
- Radeon HD 685015.7
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition12.6
FPS (higher is better)
Sleeping Dogs
- Radeon HD 685032.5
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition30.4
FPS (higher is better)
Sniper Elite V2
- Radeon HD 685031.6
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition28.9
FPS (higher is better)
STALKER: Call of Pripyat
- Radeon HD 685039.9
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition36.9
FPS (higher is better)
StarCraft II
- Radeon HD 685093.5
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition84.9
FPS (higher is better)
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
- Radeon HD 685040.1
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition36.7
FPS (higher is better)
Total War: Shogun 2
- Radeon HD 685022.7
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition19.8
FPS (higher is better)
Unigine Heaven 2.0
- Radeon HD 685023
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition27.3
FPS (higher is better)
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
- Radeon HD 685044.9
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition42.7
FPS (higher is better)
Alan Wake
- Radeon HD 685023
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition19.6
FPS (higher is better)
Batman: Arkham City
- Radeon HD 685025.3
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition21.2
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield 3
- Radeon HD 685010.1
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition16.2
FPS (higher is better)
Borderlands 2
- Radeon HD 685032.6
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition24.9
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis
- Radeon HD 685015.8
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition13.2
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 2
- Radeon HD 685016.1
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition15.5
FPS (higher is better)
Diablo III
- Radeon HD 685049.4
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition39
FPS (higher is better)
Dragon Age II
- Radeon HD 685017.6
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition16.3
FPS (higher is better)
F1 2012
- Radeon HD 685030.1
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition29.2
FPS (higher is better)
Max Payne 3
- Radeon HD 685020.3
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition21
FPS (higher is better)
Metro 2033
- Radeon HD 685010.3
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition9.2
FPS (higher is better)
Sleeping Dogs
- Radeon HD 685019
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition17.5
FPS (higher is better)
Sniper Elite V2
- Radeon HD 685018
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition18.1
FPS (higher is better)
STALKER: Call of Pripyat
- Radeon HD 685024
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition22.7
FPS (higher is better)
StarCraft II
- Radeon HD 685068.8
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition61.1
FPS (higher is better)
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
- Radeon HD 685026.9
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition26.3
FPS (higher is better)
Total War: Shogun 2
- Radeon HD 685013.7
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition11.8
FPS (higher is better)
Unigine Heaven 2.0
- Radeon HD 685015.3
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition18.2
FPS (higher is better)
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
- Radeon HD 685031.6
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition27.9
FPS (higher is better)