Radeon RX 7600 XT vs RX 6850 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated81
Place by popularitynot in top-10096
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data77.86
Power efficiencyno data16.10
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 21Navi 33
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2022 (2 years ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 $329

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 cores46082048
Core clock speedno data1980 MHz
Boost clock speed2250 MHz2755 MHz
Number of transistors26,800 million13,300 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)325 Watt190 Watt
Texture fill rate648.0352.6
Floating-point processing power20.74 TFLOPS22.57 TFLOPS
ROPs12864
TMUs288128
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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mm204 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed18 GB/s2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth576.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.12.2
Vulkan1.31.3

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 325 Watt 190 Watt

RX 7600 XT has a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 71.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6850 XT and Radeon RX 7600 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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