Radeon RX 6850 XT vs RX 480

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking250not rated
Place by popularity94not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation15.81no data
Power efficiency10.21no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameEllesmereNavi 21
GCN generation4th Genno data
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date29 June 2016 (8 years ago)2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 $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 cores23044608
Compute units36no data
Core clock speed1120 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1266 MHz2250 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt325 Watt
Texture fill rate182.3648.0
Floating-point processing power5.834 TFLOPS20.74 TFLOPS
ROPs32128
TMUs144288

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 supportn/ano data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length241 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire+-

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 amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s576.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Eyefinity+-
HDMI2.0+
DisplayPort support1.4HDR-

Supported technologies

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

AppAccelerationn/a-
CrossFire+-
Enduron/a-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
HD3Dn/a-
LiquidVR+-
PowerTune+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudion/a-
ZeroCore+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan+1.3
Mantlen/a-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 325 Watt

RX 480 has 116.7% lower power consumption.

RX 6850 XT, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 480 and Radeon RX 6850 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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