AMD Radeon RX 6850 XT: specs and benchmarks
- Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory 16 GB
- Memory type GDDR6
- Memory clock speed 18 Gbps
- Maximum resolution
Summary
AMD started Radeon RX 6850 XT sales on 2022 at a recommended price of $649. This is a RDNA 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 7 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 16 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 18 GB/s are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 576.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. Two 8-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 325 Watt.
We have no data on Radeon RX 6850 XT benchmark results.
General info
Some basic facts about Radeon RX 6850 XT: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance rating | not rated | |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022) | |
| GPU code name | Navi 21 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 2022 (1 year old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | |
| Current price | $900 (1.4x MSRP) | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Technical specs
Radeon RX 6850 XT's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon RX 6850 XT's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 4608 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Boost clock speed | 2250 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 26,800 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 325 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 648.0 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Dimensions and compatibility
Information on Radeon RX 6850 XT's 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 4.0 x16 | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon RX 6850 XT: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 18 GB/s | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 576.0 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon RX 6850 XT. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C | |
| HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon RX 6850 XT, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | |
| Vulkan | 1.3 |
NVIDIA equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon RX 6850 XT from NVIDIA is GeForce RTX 3070.
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