Radeon R9 390X2 vs RX 6850M XT

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking105not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency19.32no data
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)GCN (2012−2015)
GPU code nameNavi 22no data
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 January 2022 (3 years ago)no data

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 cores25602
Core clock speed2321 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2581 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors17,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)165 Wattno data
Texture fill rate413.0no data
Floating-point processing power13.21 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs160no data
Ray Tracing Cores40no data
L0 Cache640 KBno data
L1 Cache512 KBno data
L2 Cache3 MBno data
L3 Cache96 MBno 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR6512
Maximum RAM amount12 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bit5400 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)GDDR5
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1no data
Vulkan1.3-

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6850M XT and Radeon R9 390X2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6850M XT is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R9 390X2 is a desktop one.

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