Radeon RX 6850M XT vs RX 5950 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated77
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data18.88
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 21Navi 22
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateno data4 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 cores51202560
Core clock speedno data2321 MHz
Boost clock speed1635 MHz2581 MHz
Number of transistors21,000 million17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt165 Watt
Texture fill rate523.2413.0
Floating-point processing power16.74 TFLOPS13.21 TFLOPS
ROPs9664
TMUs320160
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
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount24 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth672.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.0 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkan-1.3

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 165 Watt

RX 5950 XT has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 6850M XT, on the other hand, has 112.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5950 XT and Radeon RX 6850M XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5950 XT is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6850M XT is a notebook one.


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