HD Graphics 6EU vs Radeon RX 6850M XT
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 108 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 19.19 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) | Generation 7.0 (2012−2013) |
| GPU code name | Navi 22 | Ivy Bridge GT1 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 4 January 2022 (4 years ago) | 1 April 2012 (14 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 | 2560 | 48 |
| Core clock speed | 2321 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2581 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 17,200 million | 392 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 165 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 413.0 | 6.300 |
| Floating-point processing power | 13.21 TFLOPS | 0.1008 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 1 |
| TMUs | 160 | 6 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 40 | no data |
| L0 Cache | 640 KB | no data |
| L1 Cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 3 MB | no data |
| L3 Cache | 96 MB | no data |
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 | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | Ring Bus |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 384.0 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | No outputs | Motherboard Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 11.1 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 January 2022 | 1 April 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 22 nm |
RX 6850M XT has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 214% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6850M XT and HD Graphics 6EU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 6850M XT is a notebook graphics card while HD Graphics 6EU is a desktop one.
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