AMD Radeon HD 6850 vs ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6850 and ATI Radeon X1600 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 15.8x more texture fill rate: 37.2 GTexel / s vs 2.36 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
  • 17x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1972 vs 116
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 434 vs 356
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 1745
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 1745
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 October 2010 vs 1 October 2007
Texture fill rate 37.2 GTexel / s vs 2.36 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1972 vs 116
PassMark - G2D Mark 434 vs 356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 vs 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 vs 1745

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 XT

  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 42 Watt vs 127 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 42 Watt vs 127 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6850
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1972
116
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
434
356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
1745
Name AMD Radeon HD 6850 ATI Radeon X1600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 1972 116
PassMark - G2D Mark 434 356
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 946.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 139.45
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 1745
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6850 ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 R500
Code name Barts RV530
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date 21 October 2010 1 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $179
Place in performance rating 823 826
Price now $99.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 28.63

Technical info

Floating-point performance 1,488.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 960
Texture fill rate 37.2 GTexel / s 2.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 127 Watt 42 Watt
Transistor count 1,700 million 157 million
Core clock speed 590 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support AGP
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 11 9.0c
OpenGL 4.4 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB / s 22.08 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Memory clock speed 1380 MHz

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire