AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 800 MHz
2304.9x more texture fill rate: 549.5 GTexel/s vs 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Around 80% higher pipelines: 3456 vs 2x 960
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 40 nm
Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 245 Watt vs 254 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2x 2 GB
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1150 vs 373
8.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22445 vs 2534
32x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 127132 vs 3977

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 Aug 2023 vs 19 September 2011
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s vs 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	3456 vs 2x 960
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt vs 254 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 2x 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1150 vs 373
PassMark - G3D Mark	22445 vs 2534
Geekbench - OpenCL	127132 vs 3977

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Around 87% higher memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective

Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1150

373

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22445

2534

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

127132

3977

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	1150	373
PassMark - G3D Mark	22445	2534
Geekbench - OpenCL	127132	3977
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3316
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.789

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Navi 32	Barts
Launch date	25 Aug 2023	19 September 2011
Place in performance rating	53	741
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz
Compute units	54
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	3456	2x 960
Pixel fill rate	244.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt	254 Watt
Transistor count	28100 million	1,700 million
Floating-point performance		2x 1,536.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	50 mm, 2 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	135 mm, 5.3 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	4200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5