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Radeon HD 6850 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Radeon HD 6850 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Asrock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming 4GB OC GDDR6 Graphics Card, RDNA2, AMD FidelityFX, 1024 Streams, 2820MHz Boost

Buy for £178.04 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 345 minutes ago

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Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Asrock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming 4GB OC GDDR6 Graphics Card, RDNA2, AMD FidelityFX, 1024 Streams, 2820MHz Boost

Buy for £178.04 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 345 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Radeon HD 6850 outperforms Radeon RX 6500 XT on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 6850 is 4108 days older than Radeon RX 6500 XT.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT

  • Consumes up to 16% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 6850 - 107 vs 127 Watts
  • Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 6850 - 4 vs 1 GB
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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

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AMD Radeon HD 6850 Logo
Radeon HD 6850

Desktop • Oct 21st, 2010


FPS

115

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022


FPS

115

100%

Value, £/FPS

£1.55/FPS

100%

Price, £

£178.04

100%

Value Winner

Asrock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming 4GB OC GDDR6 Graphics Card, RDNA2, AMD FidelityFX, 1024 Streams, 2820MHz Boost

Buy for £178.04 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 345 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

AMD Radeon HD 6850 Logo
Radeon HD 6850

Desktop • Oct 21st, 2010

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon HD 6850 Logo
Radeon HD 6850

Desktop • Oct 21st, 2010


Pixel Fillrate

24.8 GPixel/s

28%

Texel Fillrate

37.2 GTexel/s

21%

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022


Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 6850 Logo

Radeon HD 6850

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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Oct 21st, 2010Release Date
Jan 19th, 2022
Northern IslandsGenerationNavi II
$179
MSRP$199
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
1 GBMemory
4 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
256-bitBus64-bit
128 GB/sBandwidth
143.9 GB/s
775 MHzBase Clock Speed
2310 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed2815 MHz
1000 MHzMemory Clock Speed
2248 MHz

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