AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Barts | GP108 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Barts PRO (215-0798006) | GP108-300-A1 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Pascal |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Number of transistors | 1,700 million | 1,800 million |
| Die size | 255 mm² | 74 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Sep 19th, 2011 | May 17th, 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Northern Islands | GeForce 10 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Reviews | 105 in our database | 6 in our database |
| Predecessor | Evergreen | GeForce 900 |
| Successor | Southern Islands | GeForce 20 |
| Launch price | — | 79 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 800 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1050 MHz 4.2 Gbps effective | 1502 MHz 6 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1228 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1468 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 2 GB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 134.4 GB/s | 48.06 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 960 | 384 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 48 | 24 |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| Compute units | 12 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | 48 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 512 KB | 512 KB |
| SM count | — | 3 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 25.60 GPixel/s | 23.49 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 38.40 GTexel/s | 35.23 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 1.536 TFLOPS | 1,127 GFLOPS |
| FP16 (half) performance | — | 17.62 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 35.23 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 254 W | 30 W |
| Suggested PSU | 600 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI1x HDMI |
| Power connectors | 2x 8-pin | None |
| Length | — | 145 mm 5.7 inches |
| Width | — | 69 mm 2.7 inches |
| Height | — | 18 mm 0.7 inches |
| Board number | — | PG110 SKU 0 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| CUDA | — | 6.1 |
