AMD Radeon RX 560D vs AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560D and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 560D

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560D

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 800 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 254 Watt
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 4200 MHz

Launch date	4 July 2017 vs 19 September 2011
Core clock speed	1090 MHz vs 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 254 Watt
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 4200 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

3.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 65.8 GTexel / s
2.1x more pipelines: 2x 960 vs 896
Around 46% better floating-point performance: 2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 2,106 gflops

Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 65.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 960 vs 896
Floating-point performance	2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 2,106 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560D
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560D	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350
Geekbench - OpenCL		3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.789
PassMark - G2D Mark		373
PassMark - G3D Mark		2534

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560D	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Polaris 21	Barts
Launch date	4 July 2017	19 September 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$99
Place in performance rating	731	713
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1175 MHz
Core clock speed	1090 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,106 gflops	2x 1,536.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	896	2x 960
Texture fill rate	65.8 GTexel / s	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	254 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5