Radeon RX 6850M XT vs Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta

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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 data19.18
ArchitectureFahrenheit (1998−2000)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV5 B5Navi 22
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date22 March 1999 (25 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 coresno data2560
Core clock speed100 MHz2321 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2581 MHz
Number of transistors15 million17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology250 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data165 Watt
Texture fill rate0.2413.0
Floating-point processing powerno data13.21 TFLOPS
ROPs264
TMUs2160
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
InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 4.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeSDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 MB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed133 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth1.064 GB/s384.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 VGANo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX6.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL1.24.6
OpenCLN/A2.1
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 1999 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 16 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 250 nm 7 nm

RX 6850M XT has an age advantage of 22 years, a 76700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta and Radeon RX 6850M XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6850M XT is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta
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