Radeon RX 6850M XT vs FirePro V3900

Place in performance ranking	900	69
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.21	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Turks	Navi 22
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	7 February 2012 (12 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price	$110	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	480	2560
Core clock speed	650 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2463 MHz
Number of transistors	716 million	17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	199 Watt	145 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.60	413.0
Floating-point performance	624.0 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro V3900 and Radeon RX 6850M XT compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Form factor	half height / half length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28 GB/s	384.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort count	1	no data
Dual-link DVI support	1	no data
HD сomponent video output	1	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.5
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro V3900 1.66

RX 6850M XT 44.52
+2582%

Radeon RX 6850M XT outperforms FirePro V3900 by 2582% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FirePro V3900 641

RX 6850M XT 17191
+2582%

Radeon RX 6850M XT outperforms FirePro V3900 by 2582% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	5−6 −2640%	137 +2640%
1440p	3−4 −2667%	83 +2667%
4K	2−3 −2750%	57 +2750%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

160

−2556%

4250−4300
+2556%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 −2532%	2000−2050 +2532%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	159 −2573%	4250−4300 +2573%
Battlefield 5	140−150 −2576%	3800−3850 +2576%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	85−90 −2540%	2350−2400 +2540%
Cyberpunk 2077	136 −2547%	3600−3650 +2547%
Far Cry 5	90−95 −2534%	2450−2500 +2534%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110 −2561%	2900−2950 +2561%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 −2554%	4300−4350 +2554%
Hitman 3	90−95 −2537%	2400−2450 +2537%
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190 −2565%	4850−4900 +2565%
Metro Exodus	120−130 −2545%	3200−3250 +2545%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100−110 −2570%	2750−2800 +2570%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	297 −2577%	7950−8000 +2577%
Watch Dogs: Legion	119 −2547%	3150−3200 +2547%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 −2532%	2000−2050 +2532%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	130 −2554%	3450−3500 +2554%
Battlefield 5	140−150 −2576%	3800−3850 +2576%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	85−90 −2540%	2350−2400 +2540%
Cyberpunk 2077	106 −2542%	2800−2850 +2542%
Far Cry 5	90−95 −2534%	2450−2500 +2534%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110 −2561%	2900−2950 +2561%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 −2554%	4300−4350 +2554%
Hitman 3	90−95 −2537%	2400−2450 +2537%
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190 −2565%	4850−4900 +2565%
Metro Exodus	120−130 −2545%	3200−3250 +2545%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100−110 −2570%	2750−2800 +2570%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	259 −2564%	6900−6950 +2564%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	198 −2577%	5300−5350 +2577%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 −2567%	2800−2850 +2567%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 −2532%	2000−2050 +2532%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	112 −2579%	3000−3050 +2579%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	85−90 −2540%	2350−2400 +2540%
Cyberpunk 2077	87 −2544%	2300−2350 +2544%
Far Cry 5	90−95 −2534%	2450−2500 +2534%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 −2554%	4300−4350 +2554%
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190 −2565%	4850−4900 +2565%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	227 −2565%	6050−6100 +2565%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	122 −2564%	3250−3300 +2564%
Watch Dogs: Legion	83 −2551%	2200−2250 +2551%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

100−110

−2570%

2750−2800
+2570%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 −2570%	2350−2400 +2570%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110 −2567%	2800−2850 +2567%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 −2553%	1300−1350 +2553%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	85 −2547%	2250−2300 +2547%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 −2581%	1850−1900 +2581%
Cyberpunk 2077	55 −2536%	1450−1500 +2536%
Far Cry 5	99 −2577%	2650−2700 +2577%
Forza Horizon 4	95−100 −2532%	2500−2550 +2532%
Hitman 3	55−60 −2527%	1550−1600 +2527%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 −2577%	2650−2700 +2577%
Metro Exodus	80−85 −2522%	2150−2200 +2522%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	166 −2581%	4450−4500 +2581%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 −2547%	1800−1850 +2547%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60 −2567%	1600−1650 +2567%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

75−80
−2562%

2050−2100

+2562%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −2509%	1200−1250 +2509%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −2464%	1000−1050 +2464%
Hitman 3	35−40 −2468%	950−1000 +2468%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −2572%	1550−1600 +2572%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −2468%	950−1000 +2468%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	72 −2539%	1900−1950 +2539%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 −2481%	800−850 +2481%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	47 −2560%	1250−1300 +2560%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −2486%	750−800 +2486%
Cyberpunk 2077	26 −2400%	650−700 +2400%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −2493%	700−750 +2493%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −2519%	1650−1700 +2519%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −2572%	1550−1600 +2572%
Metro Exodus	45−50 −2504%	1250−1300 +2504%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −2509%	600−650 +2509%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45
−2461%

1050−1100

+2461%

This is how FirePro V3900 and RX 6850M XT compete in popular games:

RX 6850M XT is 2640% faster in 1080p
RX 6850M XT is 2667% faster in 1440p
RX 6850M XT is 2750% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.66	44.52
Recency	7 February 2012	4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	199 Watt	145 Watt