Radeon RX 9070 XT vs HD 6850 1440SP Edition
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 33 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 62.01 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 16.04 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | RDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | Cypress | Navi 48 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 21 August 2012 (12 years ago) | 6 March 2025 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $599 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1440 | 4096 |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz | 1660 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2970 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,154 million | 53,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 151 Watt | 304 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 52.20 | 760.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.088 TFLOPS | 48.66 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 128 |
| TMUs | 72 | 256 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 128 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 64 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 2x 8-pin |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 2518 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 128.0 GB/s | 644.6 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 21 August 2012 | 6 March 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 151 Watt | 304 Watt |
HD 6850 1440SP Edition has 101.3% lower power consumption.
RX 9070 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition and Radeon RX 9070 XT. We've got no test results to judge.
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