Radeon RX 6850 XT vs HD Graphics

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1150not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.53no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1Navi 21
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 April 2012 (12 years ago)2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$649

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores484608
Core clock speed650 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1050 MHz2250 MHz
Number of transistors392 million26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt325 Watt
Texture fill rate6.300648.0
Floating-point processing power0.1008 TFLOPS20.74 TFLOPS
ROPs1128
TMUs6288

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared16 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared18 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data576.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.04.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.1.801.3

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 22 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 325 Watt

HD Graphics has 828.6% lower power consumption.

RX 6850 XT, on the other hand, has a 214.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics and Radeon RX 6850 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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