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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

AMD Radeon HD 6850

AMD Radeon HD 6850

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

1323%
1323%

AMD Radeon HD 6850

8%
8%
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is approximately 1315% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6850
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 32
Barts
CoresDifferent
3840
960
TMUsDifferent
240
48
ROPsDifferent
96
32
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
1024 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus Width
256 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6850
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 32
Barts
CodenameDifferent
Wheat Nas
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 32 XT(215-180000006)
Barts PRO(215-0798006)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 3.0
TeraScale 2
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
5 nm
40 nm
MCD ProcessDifferent
6 nm
N/A
Process TypeDifferent
N5 / N6 FinFET
N/A
TransistorsDifferent
28,100 million
1,700 million
DensityDifferent
81.2M / mm²
6.7M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
346 mm²
255 mm²
GCD SizeDifferent
200mm²
N/A
MCD SizeDifferent
36.6 mm² x4
N/A
Chip PackageDifferent
MCM
HFCBGA-1737
Package SizeDifferent
40mm × 40mm
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6850
Release DateDifferent
Aug 25th, 2023
Oct 21st, 2010
AvailabilityDifferent
Sep 6th, 2023
N/A
GenerationDifferent
Navi III(RX 7000)
Northern Islands(HD 6800)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi II
Evergreen
SuccessorDifferent
Navi IV
Southern Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
499 USD
179 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
44 in our database
105 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6850
Base ClockDifferent
1295 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2124 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2430 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2438 MHz19.5 Gbps effective
1000 MHz4 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
775 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6850
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
1024 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
624.1 GB/s
128.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6850
Shading UnitsDifferent
3840
960
TMUsDifferent
240
48
ROPsDifferent
96
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
60
12
Matrix CoresDifferent
120
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
60
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB per Array
8 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
4 MB
512 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
64 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6850
Pixel RateDifferent
233.3 GPixel/s
24.80 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
583.2 GTexel/s
37.20 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
74.65 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
37.32 TFLOPS
1,488.0 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1,166.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
N/A

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6850
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
198 mm7.8 inches
HeightDifferent
111 mm4.4 inches
N/A
WidthDifferent
50 mm2 inches
N/A
TDPDifferent
263 W
127 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
600 W
300 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1a3x DisplayPort 2.1
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
1x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-D712A7-00_02
109-C22301-00B

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6850
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGLDifferent
4.6
4.4
OpenCLDifferent
2.2
1.2
VulkanDifferent
1.3
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
5.0

Comparison Summary

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GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Performance108%

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Radeon RX 7900 GRE Performance106%

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GeForce GTX 470 Performance116%

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GeForce GTX 650 Ti Performance111%

GeForce GTX 650 Ti is 11% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6850

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AMD Radeon HD 6850 vs Radeon HD 5850

Radeon HD 5850 Performance109%

Radeon HD 5850 is 9% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6850

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GeForce GTX 285 Performance102%

GeForce GTX 285 is 2% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6850

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Radeon HD 6850 Performance100%

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GeForce GTX 280 Performance94%

GeForce GTX 280 is 6% slower than AMD Radeon HD 6850

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