Radeon RX 6850M XT vs Switch GPU 16nm

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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 data19.00
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM20BNavi 22
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date16 August 2019 (5 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

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 cores2562560
Core clock speed384 MHz2321 MHz
Boost clock speed768 MHz2581 MHz
Number of transistors2,000 million17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt165 Watt
Texture fill rate12.29413.0
Floating-point processing power0.3932 TFLOPS13.21 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs16160
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
InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x16
Length239 mmno data
WidthIGPno 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 typeDDR4GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.11.3
CUDA5.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 August 2019 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 165 Watt

Switch GPU 16nm has 1000% lower power consumption.

RX 6850M XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Switch GPU 16nm and Radeon RX 6850M XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Switch GPU 16nm is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6850M XT is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Switch GPU 16nm
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