AMD Radeon RX 640 vs AMD Radeon HD 6850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 640

AMD Radeon HD 6850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 6 month(s) later
1047.8x more texture fill rate: 38.98 GTexel/s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 127 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	13 May 2019 vs 21 October 2010
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 127 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850

Around 88% higher pipelines: 960 vs 512
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 1769
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 1769
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 2775
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 2775
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3489 vs 3278
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3489 vs 3278
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 434 vs 339
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1972 vs 1954

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	960 vs 512
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3489 vs 3278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3489 vs 3278
PassMark - G2D Mark	434 vs 339
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972 vs 1954

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1769

3708

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1769

3708

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2775

3348

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2775

3348

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3278

3489

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3278

3489

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

339

434

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1954

1972

Name	AMD Radeon RX 640	AMD Radeon HD 6850
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1769	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1769	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2775	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2775	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3278	3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3278	3489
Geekbench - OpenCL	10390
PassMark - G2D Mark	339	434
PassMark - G3D Mark	1954	1972
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 640	AMD Radeon HD 6850
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Arctic Islands	Barts
Launch date	13 May 2019	21 October 2010
Place in performance rating	811	823
Design		AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Price now		$99.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		28.63
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1218 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1082 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	77.95 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1247 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1247 GFLOPS
Pipelines	512	960
Pixel fill rate	19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s	37.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	127 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	1,700 million
Floating-point performance		1,488.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.7 inches (145 mm)	198 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Width	Dual-slot
Bus support		AGP
API support
DirectX	12	11
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire