RX 6850M XT 12 GB for Blender

Average speed
Solid VRAM

RDNA 2.0 GPU aimed at mid-sized Blender scenes, everyday rendering, and strong value without flagship pricing.

Last updated: October 1, 2026

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Blender Cycles score
1,438
8× slower than
VRAM
12 GB
Meets Blender’s recommended VRAM
Released
2022
Render support
OpenCL
Power draw (TDP)
165 W

Technical specifications

GPU

  • ArchitectureRDNA 2.0
  • RT cores40
  • Stream processors2560
  • Compute units40
  • Ray accelerators40

Memory

  • TypeGDDR6
  • Bandwidth432 GB/s
  • Bus width192-bit

Clocks & manufacturing

  • Boost clock2581 MHz
  • Base clock2321 MHz
  • Process size7 nm
  • GPU chipNavi 22
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RX 6850M XT 12 GB Blender benchmarks

Estimated time to render one benchmark frame · Lower is faster.

Blender score 1,438

Blender 3.4.0 · HIP · 5 runs

Junkshop
45.33s
Monster
25.15s
Classroom
63.50s
Benchmark sceneseconds
About these estimates

Times estimate one frame of each benchmark scene from the same runs, Blender version and backend as the displayed Cycles score. The calculation uses 240 samples for Junkshop, 256 for Monster and 300 for Classroom, plus a 19% estimation buffer. Actual project render times vary. Results from different Blender versions may not be directly comparable.

Blender Open Data

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  • RDNA 2.0 GPU aimed at mid-sized Blender scenes, everyday rendering, and strong value without flagship pricing.

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