Radeon RX 7600 XT vs HD 6850

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon RX 7600 XT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6850
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 127 Watt
5.10

RX 7600 XT outperforms HD 6850 by a whopping 775% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking62581
Place by popularitynot in top-10094
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.0577.87
Power efficiency2.7516.10
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameBartsNavi 33
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date21 October 2010 (14 years ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 $329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7600 XT has 7316% better value for money than HD 6850.

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 cores9602048
Core clock speedno data1980 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2755 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 million13,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)127 Watt190 Watt
Texture fill rate37.20352.6
Floating-point processing power1.488 TFLOPS22.57 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs48128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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).

Bus supportAGPno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length198 mm204 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/s288.0 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
Eyefinity+-
HDMI++

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.2
Vulkan-1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 6850 5.10
RX 7600 XT 44.63
+775%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 6850 1964
RX 7600 XT 17195
+776%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.10 44.63
Recency 21 October 2010 8 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 127 Watt 190 Watt

HD 6850 has 49.6% lower power consumption.

RX 7600 XT, on the other hand, has a 775.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7600 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6850 in performance tests.


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