Radeon RX 6850 XT vs Pro Vega II Duo

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking131not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.87no data
Power efficiency5.33no data
ArchitectureGCN 5.1 (2018−2022)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameVega 20Navi 21
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date3 June 2019 (5 years ago)2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,399 $649

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores40964608
Core clock speed1400 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1720 MHz2250 MHz
Number of transistors13,230 million26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)475 Watt325 Watt
Texture fill rate440.3648.0
Floating-point processing power14.09 TFLOPS20.74 TFLOPS
ROPs64128
TMUs256288

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).

InterfaceApple MPXPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
WidthQuad-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 GB16 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth1.02 TB/s576.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.0b, 4x Thunderbolt1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.12.1
Vulkan1.31.3

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 16 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 475 Watt 325 Watt

Pro Vega II Duo has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 6850 XT, on the other hand, has 46.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro Vega II Duo and Radeon RX 6850 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Pro Vega II Duo is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 6850 XT is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo
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