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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6800 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 6800 XT is 3660 days newer than Radeon HD 6850.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6850
- Consumes up to 58% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - 127 vs 300 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
- Performs up to 135% better in Watch Dogs: Legion than Radeon HD 6850 - 122 vs 52 FPS
- Up to 1500% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 6850 - 16 vs 1 GB
Watch Dogs: Legion
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
PowerColor Red Dragon AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon HD 6850
Desktop • Oct 21st, 2010
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 6850
Desktop • Oct 21st, 2010
Pixel Fillrate
24.8 GPixel/s
8.61111111111111%
Texel Fillrate
37.2 GTexel/s
5.740740740740741%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
288 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
648 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 6850 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 21st, 2010 | Release Date | Oct 28th, 2020 |
| Northern Islands | Generation | Navi II |
$179 | MSRP | $649 |
| 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C |
| 1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 1 GB | Memory | 16 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 128 GB/s | Bandwidth | 512 GB/s |
| 775 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1825 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2250 MHz |
| 1000 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon HD 6850 or Radeon RX 6800 XT
Watch Dogs: Legion, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
104 FPS
$14.42/FPS
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