Radeon RX 6850M XT vs RX Vega 64 Nano

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated75
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data19.80
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameVega 10Navi 22
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 October 2017 (7 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 cores40962560
Core clock speed1156 MHz2321 MHz
Boost clock speed1247 MHz2581 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt165 Watt
Texture fill rate319.2413.0
Floating-point processing powerno data13.21 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs256160
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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length152 mmno data
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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth409.6 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.

DirectX12.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan-1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2017 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 165 Watt

RX 6850M XT has an age advantage of 4 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 51.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 64 Nano and Radeon RX 6850M XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 64 Nano is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6850M XT is a notebook one.


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