Radeon RX 6850 XT vs 630

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking706not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.15no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code namePolaris 23Navi 21
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date13 May 2019 (5 years ago)2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$649

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 cores5124608
Core clock speed1082 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1218 MHz2250 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt325 Watt
Texture fill rate38.98648.0
Floating-point processing power1.247 TFLOPS20.74 TFLOPS
ROPs16128
TMUs32288

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s576.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 325 Watt

Radeon 630 has 550% lower power consumption.

RX 6850 XT, on the other hand, has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 630 and Radeon RX 6850 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 630 is a notebook card while Radeon RX 6850 XT is a desktop one.


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