Radeon RX 6850M XT vs HD 6530M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 6530M and Radeon RX 6850M XT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RX 6850M XT outperforms HD 6530M by a whopping 3377% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 998 | 69 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.05 | no data |
| Architecture | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) | RDNA 2 (2020−2022) |
| GPU code name | Capilano-LP | Navi 22 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 26 November 2010 (13 years ago) | 4 January 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Current price | $338 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 400 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2463 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 627 million | 17,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 26 Watt | 145 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 9.000 | 413.0 |
| Floating-point performance | 400.0 gflops | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on Radeon HD 6530M and Radeon RX 6850M XT compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Laptop size | medium sized | large |
| Interface | MXM-II | 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 | DDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 18000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 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 | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
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 | 3−4
−4467%
| 137
+4467%
|
| 1440p | 2−3
−4050%
| 83
+4050%
|
| 4K | 1−2
−5600%
| 57
+5600%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−3900%
|
160
+3900%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 2−3
−3700%
|
75−80
+3700%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−4350%
|
85−90
+4350%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−4433%
|
136
+4433%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−4550%
|
90−95
+4550%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 3−4
−3533%
|
100−110
+3533%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−3950%
|
160−170
+3950%
|
| Hitman 3 | 2−3
−4450%
|
90−95
+4450%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 5−6
−3540%
|
180−190
+3540%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−5000%
|
100−110
+5000%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 8−9
−3613%
|
297
+3613%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 3−4
−3867%
|
119
+3867%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 2−3
−3700%
|
75−80
+3700%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−4350%
|
85−90
+4350%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−3433%
|
106
+3433%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−4550%
|
90−95
+4550%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 3−4
−3533%
|
100−110
+3533%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−3950%
|
160−170
+3950%
|
| Hitman 3 | 2−3
−4450%
|
90−95
+4450%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 5−6
−3540%
|
180−190
+3540%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−5000%
|
100−110
+5000%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8
−3600%
|
259
+3600%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−3860%
|
198
+3860%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 3−4
−3400%
|
100−110
+3400%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 2−3
−3700%
|
75−80
+3700%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−4350%
|
85−90
+4350%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−4250%
|
87
+4250%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−4550%
|
90−95
+4550%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−3950%
|
160−170
+3950%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 5−6
−3540%
|
180−190
+3540%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 6−7
−3683%
|
227
+3683%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4
−3967%
|
122
+3967%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3
−4050%
|
83
+4050%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−5000%
|
100−110
+5000%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3
−4300%
|
85−90
+4300%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 3−4
−3400%
|
100−110
+3400%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2
−4800%
|
45−50
+4800%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 1−2
−6800%
|
65−70
+6800%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−5400%
|
55
+5400%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−4850%
|
99
+4850%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−4650%
|
95−100
+4650%
|
| Hitman 3 | 1−2
−5800%
|
55−60
+5800%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 2−3
−4850%
|
95−100
+4850%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−6700%
|
65−70
+6700%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−3750%
|
75−80
+3750%
|
4K
High Preset
| Far Cry New Dawn | 1−2
−3800%
|
35−40
+3800%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 1−2
−5700%
|
55−60
+5700%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 0−1 | 30−35 |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2
−4600%
|
47
+4600%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 0−1 | 27−30 |
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 27−30 |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 1−2
−5700%
|
55−60
+5700%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
−4700%
|
45−50
+4700%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2
−4000%
|
40−45
+4000%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 4−5
−3875%
|
159
+3875%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 4−5
−3450%
|
140−150
+3450%
|
| Metro Exodus | 3−4
−3933%
|
120−130
+3933%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 3−4
−4233%
|
130
+4233%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 4−5
−3450%
|
140−150
+3450%
|
| Metro Exodus | 3−4
−3933%
|
120−130
+3933%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 3−4
−3633%
|
112
+3633%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 2−3
−4150%
|
85
+4150%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
−4000%
|
80−85
+4000%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5
−4050%
|
166
+4050%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 1−2
−5900%
|
60
+5900%
|
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2
−4500%
|
45−50
+4500%
|
| Hitman 3 | 1−2
−3600%
|
35−40
+3600%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1−2
−3600%
|
35−40
+3600%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
−3500%
|
72
+3500%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 26 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−6200%
|
60−65
+6200%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 0−1 | 21−24 |
This is how HD 6530M and RX 6850M XT compete in popular games:
- RX 6850M XT is 4467% faster in 1080p
- RX 6850M XT is 4050% faster in 1440p
- RX 6850M XT is 5600% faster in 4K
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.28 | 44.51 |
| Recency | 26 November 2010 | 4 January 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 26 Watt | 145 Watt |
The Radeon RX 6850M XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6530M in performance tests.
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