Radeon RX 6850M XT vs RTX A40
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 103 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 19.36 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | GA102 | Navi 22 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 5 October 2020 (5 years ago) | 4 January 2022 (3 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 | 10752 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 1305 MHz | 2321 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1755 MHz | 2581 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 28,300 million | 17,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 165 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 589.7 | 413.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 37.74 TFLOPS | 13.21 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 112 | 64 |
| TMUs | 336 | 160 |
| Tensor Cores | 336 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 84 | 40 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 640 KB |
| L1 Cache | 10.5 MB | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 96 MB |
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 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 8-pin EPS | 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 48 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1812 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 695.8 GB/s | 384.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | + | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 October 2020 | 4 January 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 48 GB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 165 Watt |
RTX A40 has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.
RX 6850M XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 81.8% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between RTX A40 and Radeon RX 6850M XT. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that RTX A40 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 6850M XT is a notebook one.
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