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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6500 XT outperforms Radeon HD 6850 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is 4108 days newer than Radeon HD 6850.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Performs up to 1% better in Rust than Radeon HD 6850 - 105 vs 104 FPS
- 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
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
FPS
105
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.52/FPS
100%
Price, $
$159.79
100%
FPS and Value Winner
PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6 Memory
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Radeon HD 6850
Desktop • Oct 21st, 2010
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
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 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 21st, 2010 | Release Date | Jan 19th, 2022 |
| Northern Islands | Generation | Navi II |
$179 | MSRP | $199 |
| 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 1 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 64-bit |
| 128 GB/s | Bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s |
| 775 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 2310 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2815 MHz |
| 1000 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2248 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon HD 6850 or Radeon RX 6500 XT
Rust, 1920 x 1080, High
56 FPS
$8.04/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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33 FPS
$41.33/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Core i3-10105F
8 GB, 480 GB SSD
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34 FPS
$25/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, 480 GB SSD
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62 FPS
$14.03/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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54 FPS
$14.63/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Ryzen 5 5600G
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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59 FPS
$15.76/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Ryzen 5 5600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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56 FPS
$15.71/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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