Radeon RX Vega 3 vs HD 6850M

Place in performance ranking	855	738
Place by popularity	not in top-100	64
Value for money	0.13	2.02
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code name	Granville Pro/LP	Vega Raven Ridge
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years old)	7 January 2018 (6 years old)
Current price	$338	$371

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX Vega 3 has 1454% better value for money than HD 6850M.

Technical specs

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	800	192
Core clock speed	575 / 675 MHz	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	27.00	12.13
Floating-point performance	1,080.0 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6850M and Radeon RX Vega 3 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

Memory

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	DDR3, GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

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

No outputs

API support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

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.

HD 6850M 1.95

RX Vega 3 2.97
+52.3%

RX Vega 3 outperforms HD 6850M by 52% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 6850M 6246
+14.8%

RX Vega 3 5441

HD 6850M outperforms RX Vega 3 by 15% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 6850M 1470

RX Vega 3 1724
+17.3%

RX Vega 3 outperforms HD 6850M by 17% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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:

900p	20 −50%	30−35 +50%
Full HD	26 +117%	12 −117%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−50%

6−7
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −250%	7 +250%
Battlefield 5	2−3 −250%	7 +250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −400%	5 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −400%	5 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Hitman 3	3−4 −167%	8 +167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +33.3%	6 −33.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Battlefield 5	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Hitman 3	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +50%	2 −50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −20%	6 +20%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Battlefield 5	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +25%	4 −25%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Hitman 3	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Metro Exodus	0−1	1−2
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hitman 3	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%

This is how HD 6850M and RX Vega 3 compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

RX Vega 3 is 50% faster than HD 6850M

1080p resolution:

HD 6850M is 117% faster than RX Vega 3

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the HD 6850M is 50% faster than the RX Vega 3.
in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 3 is 400% faster than the HD 6850M.

All in all, in popular games:

HD 6850M is ahead in 3 tests (6%)
RX Vega 3 is ahead in 39 tests (83%)
there's a draw in 5 tests (11%)

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	1.95	2.97
Recency	6 January 2011	7 January 2018
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt