AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 780 MHz
2x more boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 1290 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 413.0 GTexel/s vs 206.4 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17512 vs 15448

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	2321 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s vs 206.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	17512 vs 15448

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

2x more pipelines: 5120 vs 2560
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 647 vs 631
Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 92447 vs 80272

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	5120 vs 2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	647 vs 631
Geekbench - OpenCL	92447 vs 80272

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

631

647

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17512

15448

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

80272

92447

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	631	647
PassMark - G3D Mark	17512	15448
Geekbench - OpenCL	80272	92447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		449.647
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4619.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		36.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		181.818
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1410.887
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		13334
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		13334
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		10465

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 22	GA104
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	86	84
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz	1290 MHz
Compute units	40
Core clock speed	2321 MHz	780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)	206.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)	13.21 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	13.21 TFLOPS	13.21 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	5120
Pixel fill rate	165.2 GPixel/s	103.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s	206.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	17200 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
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	384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready