Radeon HD 6850 vs Radeon Pro W5500M
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon Pro W5500M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon HD 6850 stacks up against Radeon Pro W5500M, check out specs charts below.
Radeon Pro W5500M
Main Specs
Radeon HD 6850
Radeon Pro W5500M
Power consumption (TDP)
127 Watt
85 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
4 GB
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
No outputs
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Radeon HD 6850 has 49% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro W5500M.
Radeon HD 6850 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Pro W5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
Radeon Pro W5500M has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
Radeon HD 6850 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon Pro W5500M - with RDNA 1.0.
Radeon HD 6850 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro W5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
9−10
14−16
ultra / 1080p
5−6
8−9
QHD / 1440p
0−1
3−4
low / 720p
21−24
30−33
medium / 1080p
12−14
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
high / 1080p
16−18
21−24
ultra / 1080p
14−16
20−22
QHD / 1440p
0−1
6−7
4K / 2160p
−
5−6
low / 720p
35−40
50−55
medium / 1080p
16−18
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Battlefield 5 is 42% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon Pro W5500M have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
160−170
200−210
medium / 768p
130−140
170−180
ultra / 1080p
70−75
95−100
QHD / 1440p
40−45
50−55
4K / 2160p
30−33
30−33
high / 768p
100−110
130−140
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 27% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
low / 768p
55−60
55−60
ultra / 1080p
27−30
35−40
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Cyberpunk 2077 is 6% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
low / 768p
90−95
100−110
medium / 768p
70−75
90−95
ultra / 1080p
45−50
60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Dota 2 is 22% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
high / 1080p
10−12
16−18
ultra / 1080p
10−11
14−16
4K / 2160p
4−5
6−7
low / 720p
24−27
35−40
medium / 1080p
12−14
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Far Cry 5 is 58% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
high / 1080p
18−20
24−27
ultra / 1080p
12−14
18−20
QHD / 1440p
−
16−18
low / 720p
75−80
95−100
medium / 1080p
30−35
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Fortnite is 37% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
high / 1080p
16−18
24−27
ultra / 1080p
14−16
18−20
QHD / 1440p
4−5
8−9
low / 720p
35−40
50−55
medium / 1080p
18−20
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Forza Horizon 4 is 44% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
low / 768p
65−70
80−85
medium / 768p
55−60
70−75
high / 1080p
18−20
27−30
ultra / 1080p
8−9
12−14
QHD / 1440p
0−1
2−3
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Grand Theft Auto V is 28% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
high / 1080p
6−7
9−10
ultra / 1080p
4−5
7−8
4K / 2160p
1−2
2−3
low / 720p
18−20
27−30
medium / 1080p
8−9
12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Metro Exodus is 50% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
low / 768p
100−110
110−120
ultra / 1080p
90−95
100−110
medium / 1080p
95−100
100−110
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Minecraft is 10% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
high / 1080p
18−20
21−24
ultra / 1080p
14−16
16−18
low / 720p
40−45
55−60
medium / 1080p
20−22
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 25% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
high / 1080p
12−14
14−16
ultra / 1080p
8−9
9−10
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
18−20
27−30
medium / 1080p
12−14
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 30% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
low / 768p
35−40
50−55
medium / 768p
21−24
30−35
high / 1080p
12−14
18−20
ultra / 1080p
8−9
10−11
4K / 2160p
7−8
8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 41% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
low / 768p
90−95
100−110
medium / 768p
50−55
60−65
ultra / 1080p
24−27
30−35
high / 768p
40−45
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in World of Tanks is 18% more, than Radeon HD 6850.
Full Specs
Radeon HD 6850
Radeon Pro W5500M
Architecture
TeraScale 2
RDNA 1.0
Code name
Barts
Navi 14
Type
Desktop
Workstation
Release date
21 October 2010
10 February 2020
Pipelines
960
1408
Boost Clock
1450 MHz
Transistor count
1,700 million
6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
7 nm
Texture fill rate
37.20
127.6
Floating-point performance
1,488.0 gflops
Length
198 mm
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s
192.0 GB/s
DirectX
12 (12_1)
Shader Model
5.0
6.5
OpenGL
4.4
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
Bus support
AGP
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
139 Mh/s
Eyefinity
+
Design
reference
CrossFire
+
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