AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT vs AMD Radeon RX 5500M

AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
2560 Shaders
12GB GDDR6
2581MHz
1408 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
1645MHz
Peak AI Performance
26.43 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
9.26 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
13.22 TFLOPS
FP32
4.63 TFLOPS
FP16
26.43 TFLOPS
FP16
9.26 TFLOPS
Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
165W
TDP
85W
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GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 101,000
33%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 52,325
25%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal 260
44%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Peak AI Performance
26.43 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
9.26 TFLOPS
FP16
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FP16
26.43 TFLOPS
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FP16
9.26 TFLOPS
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FP32
13.22 TFLOPS
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FP32
4.63 TFLOPS
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FP64
830 GFLOPS
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FP64
290 GFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
165.184 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
52.64 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
412.96 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
144.76 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
RDNA 1
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
Radeon RX 5000
Codename
Navy Flounder
Navi 22
Variant
Navi 22 XMT
Codename
Fighter
Navi 14
Variant
Navi 14 XTM
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
1/4/2022
Release Date
10/7/2019
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Die Size
335 mm²
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Die Size
158 mm²
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Transistor Count
17.2 Billion
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Transistor Count
6.4 Billion
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Transistor Density
51.34M/mm²
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Transistor Density
40.51M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
2560 Shaders
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Shading Units
1408 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
160 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
88 TMUs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
40 RT-Cores
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Compute Units
40 CUs
Compute Units
22 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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2321MHz Base
2581MHz
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1375MHz Base
1645MHz
L0
32KB/WGP
L0
32KB/WGP
L1
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128KB/Array
L1
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128KB/Array
L2
3MB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
L3
96MB Shared
1.25TB/s
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12GB
GDDR6
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4GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
384GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
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TDP
165W
TDP
85W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
VCN 3.0
Model
VCN 2.0
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
VCN 3.0
Model
VCN 2.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.3
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.1
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Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
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Change Comparison