Radeon RX 6850 XT and Radeon RX 7700 XT - video card comparison
Radeon RX 6850 XT
Radeon RX 7700 XT
Architecture
RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
RDNA 3
GPU code name
Navi 21
Navi 32
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
2022
August 2023
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
2250 MHz
2544 MHz
Core clock speed
-
1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
26,800 million
28,100 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4608
3456
Power consumption (TDP)
325 Watt
245 Watt
Texture fill rate
648.0
549.5
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
18 GB/s
18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
576.0 GB/s
432.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL
2.1
2.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3