Radeon HD 6850M vs Radeon RX Vega 3
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6850M and Radeon RX Vega 3, 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 6850M stacks up against Radeon RX Vega 3, check out specs charts below.
Radeon HD 6850M and Radeon RX Vega 3 are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: Radeon HD 6850M and Radeon RX Vega 3 are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 6850M or Radeon RX Vega 3 here:
Main Specs
Radeon HD 6850M
Radeon RX Vega 3
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
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Both cards are used in Laptops.
Radeon HD 6850M is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon RX Vega 3 - with Vega.
Radeon HD 6850M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega 3 - by 14 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
2−3
2−3
ultra / 1080p
0−1
1−2
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
12−14
14−16
medium / 1080p
3−4
4−5
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 3 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
high / 1080p
−
7−8
ultra / 1080p
4−5
5−6
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
14−16
18−20
medium / 1080p
6−7
7−8
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 3 in Battlefield 5 is 25% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
low / 768p
50−55
50−55
high / 1080p
45−50
30−35
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850M in Call of Duty: Warzone is 19% more, than Radeon RX Vega 3.
low / 768p
120−130
110−120
medium / 768p
95−100
90−95
ultra / 1080p
40−45
40−45
QHD / 1440p
−
24−27
4K / 2160p
10−11
18−20
high / 768p
65−70
65−70
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850M in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 1% more, than Radeon RX Vega 3.
low / 768p
70−75
70−75
ultra / 1080p
16−18
21−24
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 3 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 4% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
low / 768p
75−80
70−75
medium / 768p
45−50
50−55
ultra / 1080p
21−24
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 3 in Dota 2 is 4% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
high / 1080p
3−4
3−4
ultra / 1080p
3−4
3−4
4K / 2160p
1−2
2−3
low / 720p
12−14
14−16
medium / 1080p
4−5
4−5
Radeon HD 6850M and Radeon RX Vega 3 have the same average FPS in Far Cry 5.
high / 1080p
10−12
10−12
ultra / 1080p
6−7
5−6
QHD / 1440p
2−3
2−3
low / 720p
50−55
50−55
medium / 1080p
10−12
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 3 in Fortnite is 6% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
high / 1080p
4−5
6−7
QHD / 1440p
0−1
4−5
4K / 2160p
−
2−3
low / 720p
18−20
21−24
medium / 1080p
7−8
9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 3 in Forza Horizon 4 is 20% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
medium / 768p
−
40−45
high / 1080p
5−6
7−8
ultra / 1080p
3−4
3−4
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
medium / 720p
35−40
−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 3 in Grand Theft Auto V is 5% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
high / 1080p
1−2
2−3
ultra / 1080p
0−1
0−1
4K / 2160p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
5−6
8−9
medium / 1080p
3−4
4−5
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 3 in Metro Exodus is 66% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
low / 768p
90−95
80−85
high / 1080p
60−65
−
ultra / 1080p
−
70−75
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850M in Minecraft is 12% more, than Radeon RX Vega 3.
high / 1080p
14−16
−
ultra / 1080p
12−14
12−14
low / 720p
27−30
27−30
medium / 1080p
14−16
14−16
Radeon HD 6850M and Radeon RX Vega 3 have the same average FPS in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS.
ultra / 1080p
3−4
6−7
QHD / 1440p
0−1
−
low / 720p
6−7
8−9
medium / 1080p
−
7−8
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 3 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 40% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
low / 768p
10−12
16−18
medium / 768p
8−9
10−12
high / 1080p
4−5
6−7
ultra / 1080p
3−4
4−5
4K / 2160p
0−1
2−3
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 3 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 50% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
low / 768p
75−80
70−75
medium / 768p
40−45
35−40
ultra / 1080p
14−16
16−18
high / 768p
30−35
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850M in World of Tanks is 5% more, than Radeon RX Vega 3.
Full Specs
Radeon HD 6850M
Radeon RX Vega 3
Architecture
Terascale 2
Vega
Code name
Granville Pro/LP
Vega Raven Ridge
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
6 January 2011
7 January 2018
Pipelines
800
192
Core clock speed
575 / 675 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
Transistor count
1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
14 nm
Texture fill rate
27.00
Floating-point performance
1,080.0 gflops
Memory bus width
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
DirectX 12_1
Shader Model
5.0
OpenGL
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
Laptop size
large
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