AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

AMD Radeon RX 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 2105 MHz
Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 28 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	2321 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz vs 2105 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 505.2 GTexel/s vs 413.0 GTexel/s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2560
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 977 vs 631
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22184 vs 17512
Around 58% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 128066 vs 80875

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	505.2 GTexel/s vs 413.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 vs 2560
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	977 vs 631
PassMark - G3D Mark	22184 vs 17512
Geekbench - OpenCL	128066 vs 80875

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

631

977

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17512

22184

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

80875

128066

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT	AMD Radeon RX 6800
PassMark - G2D Mark	631	977
PassMark - G3D Mark	17512	22184
Geekbench - OpenCL	80875	128066
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3373
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		16218

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT	AMD Radeon RX 6800
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA 2.0
Code name	Navi 22	Navi 21
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	86	83
Launch price (MSRP)		$579
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz	2105 MHz
Compute units	40	60
Core clock speed	2321 MHz	1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)	1010 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)	32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	13.21 TFLOPS	16.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	3840
Pixel fill rate	165.2 GPixel/s	202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s	505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	17200 million	26800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
Height		40 mm (1.6 inches)
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		600 Watt
Width		120 mm (4.7 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	2.1	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6