Radeon HD 6850 X2 vs Radeon Pro W5500M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6850 X2 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 X2 stacks up against Radeon Pro W5500M, check out specs charts below.
Radeon HD 6850 X2
Radeon Pro W5500M

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6850 X2 Radeon Pro W5500M
Power consumption (TDP) 254 Watt 85 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
 
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 has 198% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro W5500M.
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Pro W5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon Pro W5500M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon Pro W5500M - with RDNA 1.0.
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro W5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro W5500M is 7800 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 14−16
ultra / 1080p 7−8 8−9
QHD / 1440p 2−3 3−4
low / 720p 27−30 30−33
medium / 1080p 16−18 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 15% more, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6850 X2 Radeon Pro W5500M
Architecture TeraScale 2 RDNA 1.0
Code name Barts Navi 14
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 19 September 2011 10 February 2020
Pipelines 960 1408
Core clock speed 800 MHz
Boost Clock 1450 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 38.40 127.6
Floating-point performance 2x 1,536.0 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4200 MHz 12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 134.4 GB/s 192.0 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.0 6.5
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131