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AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT is a graphics card released on January 4, 2022, built on the RDNA 2 architecture. It has 2,560 shading units, 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, 432.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 2.46 GHz and a 165 W board power rating. It scores 14,374 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12_2 and OpenGL 4.6.

RDNA 2Navi 22

9/10 key specs recorded · 61 facts

Depth: 43 recorded fields, 8 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, AMD.com Specifications and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark AMD.com Specifications Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

2,560cores

40 compute units

Memory

12 GB

GDDR6 · 192-bit

Boost clock

n/a

2.58 GHz base

Board power

165 W

Performance

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT scores 14,374 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 93.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #194), measured across 13 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 654.

PassMark G3D Mark

14,374

Rank #194
Faster than 93.2% of 2,658 GPUs
13 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 149 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 83.9% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 97 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 89.7% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 150 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 90.6% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 69 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 89.1% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 4,998 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 83.1% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT averages DirectX 9 149 fps, DirectX 10 97 fps, DirectX 11 150 fps, DirectX 12 69 fps and GPU Compute 4,998 ops/s, across 13 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

Theoretical throughput

FP32 (single precision) 13.3 TFLOPS stated by AMD

FP16 (half precision) 26.6 TFLOPS stated by AMD

Texture fill rate 415.68 GTexel/s stated by AMD

AMD states a peak of FP32 (single precision) 13.3 TFLOPS, FP16 (half precision) 26.6 TFLOPS and Texture fill rate 415.68 GTexel/s for the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 4.0 x16

Max memory 12 GB

Core clock 2321 MHz

Memory clock 2250 MHz

DirectX 12_2

OpenGL 4.6

Max TDP 165 W

First benchmarked 2023-06-25

Samples 13

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT states the PCIe 4.0 x16 interface, up to 12 GB of memory, a core clock of 2321 MHz, DirectX 12_2 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2023-06-25. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT specifically. It is a different product from AMD Radeon RX 6850M, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture RDNA 2

Codename Navi 22

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 17,200 M

Die size 335 mm²

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture, uses the Navi 22 graphics processor, contains 17,200 million transistors and has a die size of 335 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 2,560

Compute units 40

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) Not recorded

Render output units (ROPs) Not recorded

Ray tracing cores 40

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT has 2,560 shading units, 40 compute units and 40 ray tracing cores.

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics.

Clock speeds

Base clock 2.58 GHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock 2.46 GHz

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT runs at a base clock of 2.58 GHz and has a game clock of 2.46 GHz.

Memory

Size 12 GB

Type GDDR6

Bus width 192-bit

Bandwidth 432.0 GB/s

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT is equipped with 12 GB of GDDR6 memory, uses a 192-bit memory bus and delivers 432.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT has a board power rating of 165 W and it connects over PCIe 4.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 165 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 4.0 x16

Market

Launched January 4, 2022

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Laptop

Series Radeon RX

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT was released on January 4, 2022.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 14,374

PassMark G2D 654

Rank #194

Samples 13

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT supports DirectX 12_2 and OpenGL 4.6.

DirectX 12_2 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 4.6 (stated by PassMark)

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT.

Features

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT has 1 supported feature recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Rendering

Supported: Hardware ray tracing

Dedicated GPU hardware that speeds up ray-traced lighting, reflections and shadows in supported games and apps.

Ray tracing units: 40

Not listed (2)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT supports DirectX 12 Ultimate and AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT supports Hardware ray tracing under Rendering.

Media engine

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265) and AV1.

Hardware video codec support of the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)4K H.264: encode supported, decode supported	Supported	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Supported	Supported
AV1	Not stated by the vendor	Supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Not listed: VP9. No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT supports this codec; that is silence, not a statement that it is unsupported.

Naming and aliases

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as AMD RadeonT RX 6850M XT.

Other names (PassMark) AMD RadeonT RX 6850M XT

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT have?

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT has 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 432.0 GB/s.

How much power does the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT has a board power rating of 165 W.

How fast is the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT?

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT scores 14,374 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 93.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #194. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 69 fps.