Radeon RX 6700 XT and Radeon RX 6850 XT - video card comparison
Radeon RX 6700 XT
Radeon RX 6850 XT
Architecture
Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Navi 22
Navi 21
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2021
2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
2581 MHz
2250 MHz
Core clock speed
2321 MHz
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Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
17,200 million
26,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
4608
Power consumption (TDP)
230 Watt
325 Watt
Texture fill rate
413.0
648.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
16000 MHz
18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
384.0 GB/s
576.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL
2.1
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2
1.3