AMD Radeon RX 560 XT vs ATI Radeon X850 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 XT and ATI Radeon X850 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 87% higher core clock speed: 973 MHz vs 520 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
  • 6.1x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Launch date 13 March 2019 vs 1 December 2004
Core clock speed 973 MHz vs 520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed 6600 MHz vs 1080 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 XT

  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 150 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 69 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560 XT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X850 XT

Name AMD Radeon RX 560 XT ATI Radeon X850 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL 32464
PassMark - G3D Mark 81
PassMark - G2D Mark 326

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 560 XT ATI Radeon X850 XT

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 R400
Code name Ellesmere R480
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 13 March 2019 1 December 2004
Place in performance rating 720 494
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1073 MHz
Core clock speed 973 MHz 520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 69 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 160 million
Texture fill rate 8.32 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 9.0b
OpenGL 4.6 2.0

Memory

Memory clock speed 6600 MHz 1080 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 34.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR3