Radeon RX 6850M XT vs GeForce GT 735M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 735M and Radeon RX 6850M XT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GT 735M
2013
2 GB DDR3, 33 Watt
1.69

RX 6850M XT outperforms GT 735M by a whopping 2589% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking93877
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.5118.87
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK208Navi 22
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 April 2013 (11 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3842560
Core clock speed575 MHz2321 MHz
Boost clock speed889 MHz2581 MHz
Number of transistors915 million17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt165 Watt
Texture fill rate18.40413.0
Floating-point processing power0.4416 TFLOPS13.21 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs32160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB12 GB
Standard memory configurationDDR3no data
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s384.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
3D Vision / 3DTV Play+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 API12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.1
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 735M 1.69
RX 6850M XT 45.44
+2589%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GT 735M 650
RX 6850M XT 17511
+2594%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GT 735M 1713
RX 6850M XT 42016
+2353%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GT 735M 1024
RX 6850M XT 33901
+3212%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GT 735M 6757
RX 6850M XT 172972
+2460%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p17
−2547%
450−500
+2547%
Full HD20
−625%
145
+625%
1440p3−4
−2800%
87
+2800%
4K2−3
−3250%
67
+3250%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−3900%
160
+3900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−1467%
90−95
+1467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1680%
85−90
+1680%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−3300%
136
+3300%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−4550%
90−95
+4550%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−2625%
100−110
+2625%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−3960%
200−210
+3960%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1483%
95−100
+1483%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−1025%
180−190
+1025%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−3233%
100−105
+3233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−1767%
160−170
+1767%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−297%
130−140
+297%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−1467%
90−95
+1467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1680%
85−90
+1680%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2550%
106
+2550%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−4550%
90−95
+4550%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−2625%
100−110
+2625%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−3960%
200−210
+3960%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1483%
95−100
+1483%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−1025%
180−190
+1025%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−3233%
100−105
+3233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−2778%
259
+2778%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−667%
90−95
+667%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−297%
130−140
+297%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−1467%
90−95
+1467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1680%
85−90
+1680%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2075%
87
+2075%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−4550%
90−95
+4550%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−3960%
200−210
+3960%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1483%
95−100
+1483%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−1025%
180−190
+1025%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−2422%
227
+2422%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−917%
122
+917%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−144%
83
+144%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−3233%
100−105
+3233%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−4300%
85−90
+4300%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−3300%
65−70
+3300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−4800%
45−50
+4800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−5200%
50−55
+5200%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−5400%
55
+5400%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−2500%
50−55
+2500%
Hitman 3 7−8
−743%
55−60
+743%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−1880%
95−100
+1880%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−6700%
65−70
+6700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10
−2189%
200−210
+2189%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1825%
75−80
+1825%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−3800%
35−40
+3800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1450%
30−35
+1450%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−4600%
47
+4600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 27−30
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2600%
27−30
+2600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 24−27

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−1267%
40−45
+1267%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 159
+0%
159
+0%
Battlefield 5 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 130
+0%
130
+0%
Battlefield 5 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 112
+0%
112
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 85
+0%
85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%
Metro Exodus 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 166
+0%
166
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Hitman 3 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 72
+0%
72
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 26
+0%
26
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 92
+0%
92
+0%

This is how GT 735M and RX 6850M XT compete in popular games:

  • RX 6850M XT is 2547% faster in 900p
  • RX 6850M XT is 625% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6850M XT is 2800% faster in 1440p
  • RX 6850M XT is 3250% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6850M XT is 6700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 6850M XT is ahead in 51 test (73%)
  • there's a draw in 19 tests (27%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.69 45.44
Recency 1 April 2013 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 165 Watt

GT 735M has 400% lower power consumption.

RX 6850M XT, on the other hand, has a 2588.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6850M XT is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 735M in performance tests.


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