AMD Radeon RX 7700S vs AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700S 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.

AMD Radeon RX 7700S

AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7700S

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
Around 65% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 737 vs 618

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 4 Jan 2022
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 165 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	737 vs 618

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

Around 55% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 413.0 GTexel/s vs 320.0 GTexel/s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17474 vs 15107
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 79619 vs 72701

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2321 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s vs 320.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2560 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	17474 vs 15107
Geekbench - OpenCL	79619 vs 72701

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7700S
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

737

618

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15107

17474

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

72701

79619

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7700S	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	737	618
PassMark - G3D Mark	15107	17474
Geekbench - OpenCL	72701	79619

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7700S	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	RDNA 2.0
Code name	Navi 33	Navi 22
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	88	91
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2500 MHz	2581 MHz
Compute units	32	40
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	2321 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	2048	2560
Pixel fill rate	160.0 GPixel/s	165.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	320.0 GTexel/s	413.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 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	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
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	8 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