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AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

AMD Radeon HD 6850

AMD Radeon HD 6850

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

1404%
1404%

AMD Radeon HD 6850

7%
7%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE is approximately 1397% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD Radeon HD 6850
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 31
Barts
CoresDifferent
5120
960
TMUsDifferent
320
48
ROPsDifferent
160
32
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
1024 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus Width
256 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD Radeon HD 6850
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 31
Barts
CodenameDifferent
Plum Bonito
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 31 XL(215-145000206)
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
57,700 million
1,700 million
GCD TransistorsDifferent
45,400 million
N/A
MCD TransistorsDifferent
2,050 million x6
N/A
DensityDifferent
109.1M / mm²
6.7M / mm²
GCD DensityDifferent
150.2M / mm²
N/A
MCD DensityDifferent
54.64M / mm²
N/A
Die SizeDifferent
529 mm²
255 mm²
GCD Die SizeDifferent
304.35 mm²
N/A
MCD Die SizeDifferent
37.52 mm² x6
N/A
Chip PackageDifferent
MCM
HFCBGA-1737

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD Radeon HD 6850
Release DateDifferent
Jul 27th, 2023
Oct 21st, 2010
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
549 USD
179 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
34 in our database
105 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD Radeon HD 6850
Base ClockDifferent
1287 MHz
N/A
Shader ClockDifferent
1880 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
1880 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2245 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2250 MHz18 Gbps effective
1000 MHz4 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
775 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD Radeon HD 6850
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
1024 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
576.0 GB/s
128.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD Radeon HD 6850
Shading UnitsDifferent
5120
960
TMUsDifferent
320
48
ROPsDifferent
160
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
80
12
Matrix CoresDifferent
160
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
80
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
64 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
256 KB per Array
8 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
6 MB
512 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
64 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD Radeon HD 6850
Pixel RateDifferent
359.2 GPixel/s
24.80 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
718.4 GTexel/s
37.20 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
91.96 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
45.98 TFLOPS
1,488.0 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1,436.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
N/A

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD Radeon HD 6850
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
276 mm10.9 inches
198 mm7.8 inches
HeightDifferent
110 mm4.3 inches
N/A
WidthDifferent
51 mm2 inches
N/A
TDPDifferent
260 W
127 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
600 W
300 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1a2x DisplayPort 2.11x USB Type-C
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 7900 GREAMD 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

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