AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT and AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 2755 MHz vs 2581 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1018 vs 633
Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 84139 vs 81405

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Jan 2024 vs 4 Jan 2022
Boost clock speed	2755 MHz vs 2581 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1018 vs 633
Geekbench - OpenCL	84139 vs 81405

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1980 MHz
Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 413.0 GTexel/s vs 352.6 GTexel/s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 190 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17369 vs 17169

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2321 MHz vs 1980 MHz
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s vs 352.6 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2560 vs 2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 190 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	17369 vs 17169

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1018

633

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17169

17369

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

84139

81405

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	1018	633
PassMark - G3D Mark	17169	17369
Geekbench - OpenCL	84139	81405
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2347

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	RDNA 2.0
Code name	Navi 33	Navi 22
Launch date	8 Jan 2024	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	79	82
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2755 MHz	2581 MHz
Compute units	32	40
Core clock speed	1980 MHz	2321 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	2048	2560
Pixel fill rate	176.3 GPixel/s	165.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	352.6 GTexel/s	413.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	13300 million	17200 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		13.21 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	204 mm, 8 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Width	115 mm, 4.5 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6