Radeon RX 6850M XT vs HD 6970M Crossfire

Place in the ranking	492	79
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	18.89
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Blackcomb XT	Navi 22
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	6 January 2011 (14 years ago)	4 January 2022 (3 years 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 cores	1920	2560
Core clock speed	680 MHz	2321 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2581 MHz
Number of transistors	2x1700 Million	17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	165 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	413.0
Floating-point processing power	no data	13.21 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	64
TMUs	no data	160
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	40

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 size	large	large
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2x2 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	384.0 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 Connectors

no data

No outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.1
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 6970M Crossfire 8.94

RX 6850M XT 44.77
+401%

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 6970M Crossfire 5542

RX 6850M XT 42016
+658%

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:

900p	94 −379%	450−500 +379%
Full HD	98 −41.8%	139 +41.8%
1440p	16−18 −444%	87 +444%
4K	12−14 −458%	67 +458%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	18−20 −444%	95−100 +444%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −789%	160 +789%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −283%	110−120 +283%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 −444%	95−100 +444%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −278%	68 +278%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −725%	297 +725%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 −418%	110−120 +418%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −333%	100−110 +333%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −258%	85−90 +258%
Valorant	30−35 −441%	180−190 +441%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −283%	110−120 +283%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 −444%	95−100 +444%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −194%	53 +194%
Dota 2	30−35 −281%	122 +281%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −15.8%	44 +15.8%
Fortnite	50−55 −257%	180−190 +257%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −619%	259 +619%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 −418%	110−120 +418%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 −294%	126 +294%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −79.2%	43 +79.2%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 −196%	210−220 +196%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −258%	85−90 +258%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −511%	160−170 +511%
Valorant	30−35 −441%	180−190 +441%
World of Tanks	130−140 −110%	270−280 +110%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −283%	110−120 +283%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 −444%	95−100 +444%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −144%	44 +144%
Dota 2	30−35 −197%	95 +197%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −176%	100−110 +176%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −531%	227 +531%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 −418%	110−120 +418%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 −196%	210−220 +196%
Valorant	30−35 −441%	180−190 +441%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 −400%	70−75 +400%
Dota 2	10−12 −709%	89 +709%
Grand Theft Auto V	12−14 −642%	89 +642%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	45−50 −231%	160−170 +231%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −488%	45−50 +488%
World of Tanks	65−70 −342%	280−290 +342%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −365%	75−80 +365%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −300%	28 +300%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −663%	140−150 +663%
Forza Horizon 4	20−22 −730%	166 +730%
Forza Horizon 5	12−14 −492%	75−80 +492%
Metro Exodus	16−18 −494%	95−100 +494%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −592%	80−85 +592%
Valorant	21−24 −557%	150−160 +557%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Dota 2	18−20 −421%	99 +421%
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 −421%	99 +421%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −875%	35−40 +875%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 −477%	150−160 +477%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −421%	99 +421%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −575%	50−55 +575%
Counter-Strike 2	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −333%	13 +333%
Dota 2	18−20 −311%	78 +311%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −545%	70−75 +545%
Fortnite	9−10 −656%	65−70 +656%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −736%	92 +736%
Forza Horizon 5	6−7 −633%	40−45 +633%
Valorant	9−10 −811%	80−85 +811%