Radeon HD 6850 X2 vs Radeon RX Vega 11

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6850 X2 and Radeon RX Vega 11. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Radeon HD 6850 X2 and Radeon RX Vega 11. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
Radeon HD 6850 X2
Radeon RX Vega 11

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6850 X2 Radeon RX Vega 11
Power consumption (TDP) 254 Watt 15 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 IGP
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 System Shared
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
 
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 has 1593% more power consumption, than Radeon RX Vega 11.
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX Vega 11 uses IGP interface.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon RX Vega 11 - with Vega.
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega 11 - by 14 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 10−11
ultra / 1080p 7−8 6−7
QHD / 1440p 2−3 1−2
low / 720p 27−30 21−24
medium / 1080p 16−18 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 30% more, than Radeon RX Vega 11.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6850 X2 Radeon RX Vega 11
Architecture TeraScale 2 Vega
Code name Barts Vega Raven Ridge
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 19 September 2011 26 October 2017
Pipelines 960 704
Core clock speed 800 MHz
Boost Clock 1240 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million 4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 38.40 61.60
Floating-point performance 2x 1,536.0 gflops 1,760 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 134.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131