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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 RX 6800 XT
- Performs up to 285% better in Metro Exodus than Radeon HD 6850 - 100 vs 26 FPS
- Up to 1500% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 6850 - 16 vs 1 GB
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6850
- Consumes up to 58% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - 127 vs 300 Watts
Metro Exodus
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
FPS
100
100%
Value, $/FPS
$4.78/FPS
100%
Price, $
$477.55
100%
FPS and Value Winner
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
Extreme
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Radeon HD 6850
Desktop • Oct 21st, 2010
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
288 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
648 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT | vs | AMD Radeon HD 6850 |
|---|---|---|
Oct 28th, 2020 | Release Date | Oct 21st, 2010 |
| Navi II | Generation | Northern Islands |
| $649 | MSRP | $179 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C | Outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 2x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
16 GB | Memory | 1 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
512 GB/s | Bandwidth | 128 GB/s |
1825 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 775 MHz |
| 2250 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
2000 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1000 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon RX 6800 XT or Radeon HD 6850
Metro Exodus, 1920 x 1080, Extreme
95 FPS
$12.63/FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
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