Radeon RX 7600M XT vs HD 6850M

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Aggregate performance score

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

HD 6850M
2011
1 GB GDDR3, 50 Watt
2.00

RX 7600M XT outperforms HD 6850M by a whopping 1609% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking883151
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.8920.54
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGranvilleNavi 33
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 January 2011 (13 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores8002048
Core clock speed675 MHz1280 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2469 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million13,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate27.00316.0
Floating-point processing power1.08 TFLOPS20.23 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs40128
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).

Laptop sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s288.0 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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.2
VulkanN/A1.3

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 6850M 2.00
RX 7600M XT 34.17
+1609%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 6850M 6246
RX 7600M XT 94691
+1416%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 6850M 1470
RX 7600M XT 37202
+2432%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p20
−1400%
300−350
+1400%
Full HD26
−362%
120
+362%
1440p3−4
−2033%
64
+2033%
4K2−3
−1650%
35
+1650%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1175%
50−55
+1175%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−1771%
131
+1771%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−9700%
95−100
+9700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1140%
60−65
+1140%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1175%
50−55
+1175%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2167%
65−70
+2167%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−1440%
75−80
+1440%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−1963%
160−170
+1963%
Hitman 3 7−8
−800%
60−65
+800%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−688%
130−140
+688%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1800%
75−80
+1800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−950%
100−110
+950%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−226%
110−120
+226%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−3286%
237
+3286%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−9700%
95−100
+9700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1140%
60−65
+1140%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1175%
50−55
+1175%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2167%
65−70
+2167%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−1440%
75−80
+1440%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−1963%
160−170
+1963%
Hitman 3 7−8
−800%
60−65
+800%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−688%
130−140
+688%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1800%
75−80
+1800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−1980%
208
+1980%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−433%
60−65
+433%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−226%
110−120
+226%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−1114%
85
+1114%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1140%
60−65
+1140%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1175%
50−55
+1175%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2167%
65−70
+2167%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−2150%
180
+2150%
Hitman 3 7−8
−800%
60−65
+800%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−724%
140
+724%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−1700%
180
+1700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−733%
100
+733%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−71.4%
60
+71.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1800%
75−80
+1800%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−1800%
55−60
+1800%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−1433%
45−50
+1433%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−3000%
62
+3000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−3400%
35−40
+3400%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−1650%
35−40
+1650%
Hitman 3 7−8
−429%
35−40
+429%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−1667%
106
+1667%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−7300%
74
+7300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
−1373%
160−170
+1373%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−920%
50−55
+920%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1500%
32
+1500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−2900%
30
+2900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 18−20
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1600%
16−18
+1600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 22

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−767%
24−27
+767%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 139
+0%
139
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 114
+0%
114
+0%
Metro Exodus 142
+0%
142
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 92
+0%
92
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 67
+0%
67
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Metro Exodus 92
+0%
92
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120
+0%
120
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Hitman 3 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Metro Exodus 99
+0%
99
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 52
+0%
52
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 90
+0%
90
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 64
+0%
64
+0%

This is how HD 6850M and RX 7600M XT compete in popular games:

  • RX 7600M XT is 1400% faster in 900p
  • RX 7600M XT is 362% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7600M XT is 2033% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7600M XT is 1650% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 7600M XT is 9700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 7600M XT is ahead in 53 tests (76%)
  • there's a draw in 17 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.00 34.17
Recency 4 January 2011 4 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 120 Watt

HD 6850M has 140% lower power consumption.

RX 7600M XT, on the other hand, has a 1608.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.

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


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