AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6650M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT and AMD Radeon RX 6650M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

AMD Radeon RX 6650M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 2068 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 2416 MHz
Around 53% higher texture fill rate: 413.0 GTexel/s vs 270.6 GTexel/s
Around 43% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1792
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17453 vs 14794
Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 83854 vs 61924

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2321 MHz vs 2068 MHz
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz vs 2416 MHz
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s vs 270.6 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2560 vs 1792
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	17453 vs 14794
Geekbench - OpenCL	83854 vs 61924

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6650M

Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 747 vs 603

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	747 vs 603

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6650M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

603

747

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17453

14794

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

83854

61924

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT	AMD Radeon RX 6650M
PassMark - G2D Mark	603	747
PassMark - G3D Mark	17453	14794
Geekbench - OpenCL	83854	61924

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT	AMD Radeon RX 6650M
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA 2.0
Code name	Navi 22	Navi 23
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	88	92
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz	2416 MHz
Compute units	40	28
Core clock speed	2321 MHz	2068 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)	541.2 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)	17.32 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	13.21 TFLOPS	8.659 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	1792
Pixel fill rate	165.2 GPixel/s	154.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s	270.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	17200 million	11060 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	256.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6