Radeon RX 6850M XT vs HD 6530M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 6530M and Radeon RX 6850M XT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RX 6850M XT outperforms HD 6530M by a whopping 3438% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1027 | 75 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.56 | 19.82 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Capilano | Navi 22 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 26 November 2010 (13 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 cores | 400 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 2321 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2581 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 627 million | 17,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 26 Watt | 165 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 9.000 | 413.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.36 TFLOPS | 13.21 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 64 |
| TMUs | 20 | 160 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 40 |
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 size | medium sized | large |
| Interface | MXM-II | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 type | DDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s | 384.0 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
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:
| Full HD | 4−5
−3475%
| 143
+3475%
|
| 1440p | 2−3
−4350%
| 89
+4350%
|
| 4K | 1−2
−6100%
| 62
+6100%
|
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 | 4−5
−2125%
|
85−90
+2125%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−3300%
|
136
+3300%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−9200%
|
90−95
+9200%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 3−4
−3533%
|
100−110
+3533%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−10050%
|
200−210
+10050%
|
| Hitman 3 | 6−7
−1483%
|
95−100
+1483%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 14−16
−1186%
|
180−190
+1186%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−4900%
|
100−105
+4900%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 8−9
−2000%
|
160−170
+2000%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 30−35
−309%
|
130−140
+309%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 6−7
−1467%
|
90−95
+1467%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5
−2125%
|
85−90
+2125%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−2550%
|
106
+2550%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−9200%
|
90−95
+9200%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 3−4
−3533%
|
100−110
+3533%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−10050%
|
200−210
+10050%
|
| Hitman 3 | 6−7
−1483%
|
95−100
+1483%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 14−16
−1186%
|
180−190
+1186%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−4900%
|
100−105
+4900%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 8−9
−3138%
|
259
+3138%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12
−736%
|
90−95
+736%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 30−35
−309%
|
130−140
+309%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 6−7
−1467%
|
90−95
+1467%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5
−2125%
|
85−90
+2125%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−2075%
|
87
+2075%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−9200%
|
90−95
+9200%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−10050%
|
200−210
+10050%
|
| Hitman 3 | 6−7
−1483%
|
95−100
+1483%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 14−16
−1186%
|
180−190
+1186%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 8−9
−2738%
|
227
+2738%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12
−1009%
|
122
+1009%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 30−35
−152%
|
83
+152%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−4900%
|
100−105
+4900%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2
−8700%
|
85−90
+8700%
|
| 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 | 0−1 | 50−55 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−5400%
|
55
+5400%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−5100%
|
50−55
+5100%
|
| Hitman 3 | 7−8
−743%
|
55−60
+743%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 4−5
−2375%
|
95−100
+2375%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 0−1 | 65−70 |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 6−7
−3333%
|
200−210
+3333%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
−1825%
|
75−80
+1825%
|
4K
High Preset
| Far Cry New Dawn | 0−1 | 35−40 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2
−3000%
|
30−35
+3000%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2
−4600%
|
47
+4600%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 0−1 | 27−30 |
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 27−30 |
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%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
This is how HD 6530M and RX 6850M XT compete in popular games:
- RX 6850M XT is 3475% faster in 1080p
- RX 6850M XT is 4350% faster in 1440p
- RX 6850M XT is 6100% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 6850M XT is 10050% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RX 6850M XT is ahead in 47 tests (70%)
- there's a draw in 20 tests (30%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.28 | 45.28 |
| Recency | 26 November 2010 | 4 January 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 26 Watt | 165 Watt |
HD 6530M has 534.6% lower power consumption.
RX 6850M XT, on the other hand, has a 3437.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon RX 6850M XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6530M in performance tests.
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