Radeon RX 6850M XT vs Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)

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Radeon RX 6850M XT
Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)
Gaming
33
29
Workstation
39
39
AI/ML
35
27
Energy Efficiency
42
66
Quick Comparison Final Score
36
38
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Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages between Radeon RX 6850M XT and Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)

Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6850M XT

  • + RDNA 2.0 architecture
  • + Navi 22 codename
  • + 12GB GDDR6 memory
  • + PCIe 4.0 x16 interface

Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)

  • + Blackwell 2.0 architecture
  • + GB207-300-A1 codename
  • + 8GB GDDR7 memory
  • + PCIe 5.0 x16 interface

Pros & Cons

Radeon RX 6850M XT
  • Generous 12GB VRAM
  • Hardware ray tracing support
  • Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
  • No DLSS upscaling support

"A entry-level AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT graphics card with modest workstation performance (39/100). Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."

Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)
  • Hardware ray tracing support
  • DLSS upscaling support
  • Dedicated AI tensor cores
  • Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions

"A entry-level Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) graphics card with modest workstation performance (39/100). Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."

Gaming Performance

Forza Horizon 5

1080p High
80
65
Radeon RX 6850M XT Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)

The Witcher 3

1080p High
105
94
Radeon RX 6850M XT Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)

Counter-Strike 2

1080p High
141
125
Radeon RX 6850M XT Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)

Far Cry 6

1080p High
98
79
Radeon RX 6850M XT Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)

Hogwarts Legacy

1080p High
64
53
Radeon RX 6850M XT Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)

Call of Duty

1080p High
95
68
Radeon RX 6850M XT Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)

Ghost of Tsushima

1080p High
67
45
Radeon RX 6850M XT Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)

Cyberpunk 2077

1080p High
70
60
Radeon RX 6850M XT Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)

Tomb Raider

1080p High
120
94
Radeon RX 6850M XT Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)
FPS Table
Radeon RX 6850M XT Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)
1080p High1080p Ultra1440p Ultra4K Ultra 1080p High1080p Ultra1440p Ultra4K Ultra
Forza Horizon 5 80 — — — 65 — — —
The Witcher 3 105 — — — 94 — — —
Counter-Strike 2 141 — — — 125 — — —
Far Cry 6 98 — — — 79 — — —
Hogwarts Legacy 64 — — — 53 — — —
Call of Duty 95 — — — 68 — — —
Ghost of Tsushima 67 — — — 45 — — —
Cyberpunk 2077 70 — — — 60 — — —
Tomb Raider 120 — — — 94 — — —
Average FPS 93——— 76———
Average FPS by Resolution
Radeon RX 6850M XT Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)
1080p High 118 95
1080p Ultra 93 76
1440p Ultra 65 55
4K Ultra 36 29
Margin of Error High High

Benchmarks

3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Radeon RX 6850M XT +19%
9708
Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)
8158
Radeon RX 6850M XT Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)
Time Spy 11092 8545
Solar Bay 45816 17288
Port Royal 5919 5015
Fire Strike 26592 19480
Wild Life Extreme 21716 —
Night Raid 73832 89940
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
Radeon RX 6850M XT +16%
17194
Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)
14784
Radeon RX 6850M XT Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)
G2D Mark 652 731
DirectX 11 149 FPS 117 FPS
DirectX 12 79 FPS 73 FPS
GPU Compute 6728 Ops/s 5832 Ops/s
Blender
Blender GPU
Radeon RX 6850M XT
1438.44
Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) +89%
2723.94

Specifications

GeekBench 6 OpenCL
Specification Radeon RX 6850M XT ↗ Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗
GB6 Compute Score 101515 88051
Background Blur 217.9 img/sec 137.7 img/sec
Face Detection 142 img/sec 95 img/sec
Horizon Detection 3.42 Gpixels/sec 2.99 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 5.23 Gpixels/sec 3.89 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 4.02 Gpixels/sec 4.7 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.97 Gpixels/sec 1.11 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 429.7 Gpixels/sec 396.8 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 13653.9 FPS 12852.4 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
GeekBench 6 ML
Specification Radeon RX 6850M XT ↗ Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗
GB6 ML Single Precision 20047 14484
GB6 ML Half Precision 20997 29177
GB6 ML Quantized 15383 11633
Image Classification (SP) 8455 6114
Image Segmentation (HP) 10479 17332
Image Super Resolution (Q) 23685 15867
Face Detection (HP) 28924 32890
Pose Estimation (Q) 101734 60048
Text Classification (SP) 2168 2929
Machine Translation (HP) 4554 4631
Object Detection (SP) 9084 7844
Depth Estimation (Q) 36761 26902
Style Transfer (SP) 209185 94600
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
General
Specification Radeon RX 6850M XT ↗ Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗
Vendor Amd Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released 4-Jan-22 18-Mar-25
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Gaming Professional
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
GPU Codename Navi 22 GB207-300-A1
Recommended CPU -AMD Ryzen 9 6900HXor above -Intel Core Ultra 5 245HXor above
Graphics Processing Unit
Specification Radeon RX 6850M XT ↗ Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗
Base Clock 2320 MHz 1020-1627 MHz (configurable)
Boost Clock 2180-2460 MHz (configurable) 1627-2407 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 2560 2560
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 160 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 64 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) 40 20
Tensor Cores 80
Ray-tracing Cores 40 20
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 3MB shared 32MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC
Raw Performance
Specification Radeon RX 6850M XT ↗ Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗
Pixel Fill Rate 140-157 GPixel/s 52-77 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 349-394 GTexel/s 130-193 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32) 11.2-12.6 TFLOPS 8.3-12.3 TFLOPS
Physical
Specification Radeon RX 6850M XT ↗ Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 130-165 W (configurable) 35-115 W (configurable)
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 7 nm 5 nm
Die Size 335 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor Count 17.2 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor Density 51.34 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²
Max. Temperature
Memory
Specification Radeon RX 6850M XT ↗ Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗
Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR7
API
Specification Radeon RX 6850M XT ↗ Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗
DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.1 3
CUDA 12
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4
DisplayPort 1.4 2.1b

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