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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.

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 GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is 4108 days newer than Radeon HD 6850.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT

  • Performs up to 1% better in Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered than Radeon HD 6850 - 107 vs 106 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
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Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

AMD Radeon HD 6850 Logo
Radeon HD 6850

Desktop • Oct 21st, 2010


FPS

106

99%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022


FPS

107

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.59/FPS

100%

Price, $

$169.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6 Memory

Buy for $169.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 173 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

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

vs
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

PCs Using Radeon HD 6850 or Radeon RX 6500 XT

With selected game settings

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