Radeon RX 6850M XT vs GeForce 305M

Place in the ranking	1259	77
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.91	18.88
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GT218	Navi 22
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	10 January 2010 (14 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 cores	16	2560
Core clock speed	525 MHz	2321 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2581 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	165 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.200	413.0
Floating-point processing power	0.0368 TFLOPS	13.21 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	55	no data
ROPs	4	64
TMUs	8	160
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	40

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 size	no data	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	Up to 512 MB	12 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 700 (DDR3), Up to 700 (GDDR3) MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB/s	384.0 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 Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.1	6.5
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 305M 0.39

RX 6850M XT 45.45
+11554%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 305M 150

RX 6850M XT 17511
+11574%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	1−2 −14400%	145 +14400%
1440p	0−1	87
4K	0−1	67

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−7900%

160
+7900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −3033%	90−95 +3033%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −4350%	85−90 +4350%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −6700%	136 +6700%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2275%	95−100 +2275%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2150%	180−190 +2150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −4100%	160−170 +4100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −382%	130−140 +382%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −3033%	90−95 +3033%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −4350%	85−90 +4350%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −5200%	106 +5200%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2275%	95−100 +2275%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2150%	180−190 +2150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −6375%	259 +6375%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −922%	90−95 +922%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −382%	130−140 +382%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −3033%	90−95 +3033%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −4350%	85−90 +4350%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −4250%	87 +4250%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2275%	95−100 +2275%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2150%	180−190 +2150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −5575%	227 +5575%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −1256%	122 +1256%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −196%	83 +196%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	55
Hitman 3	6−7 −883%	55−60 +883%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −4850%	95−100 +4850%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−3750%

75−80
+3750%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −3000%	30−35 +3000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	47

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1950%

40−45
+1950%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	159 +0%	159 +0%
Battlefield 5	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Far Cry 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Metro Exodus	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	130 +0%	130 +0%
Battlefield 5	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Far Cry 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Metro Exodus	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	112 +0%	112 +0%
Far Cry 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

100−105

+0%

100−105

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	85 +0%	85 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Metro Exodus	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	166 +0%	166 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Hitman 3	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	72 +0%	72 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	26 +0%	26 +0%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	92 +0%	92 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

This is how GeForce 305M and RX 6850M XT compete in popular games:

RX 6850M XT is 14400% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RX 6850M XT is 7900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 6850M XT is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.39	45.45
Recency	10 January 2010	4 January 2022
Chip lithography	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	165 Watt

GeForce 305M has 1078.6% lower power consumption.

RX 6850M XT, on the other hand, has a 11553.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6850M XT is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 305M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.