One of AMD’s strengths is undoubtedly the entire portfolio of graphics technologies, knowledge and personnel that they obtained more than a decade ago when they bought ATI. This has given them an edge for their integrated GPUs over the competition. But what is the performance of the Radeon 680M and RX 660M integrated in your Ryzen 6000 APUs compared to other solutions?
AMD has baptized the iGPUs inside its Ryzen 6000 APUs under the names of RX 660M and RX 680M respectively. The former have a configuration of 6 Compute Units, while the latter have 12 Compute Units. This is the largest graphical architecture change in Ryzen APUs since their first generation, moving from the already veteran and proven Vega architecture. to the more efficient and higher performing RDNA 2.
So its superiority over previous AMD solutions is more than proven. But how does it compare to entry-level integrated GPUs like the NVIDIA MX450? Well, quite favorably and in favor of AMD’s solution. And no, this is not a claim we make without any basis.
This is how the Radeon 680M and 660M perform, the Ryzen 600 iGPU
Many laptop models come with a dedicated GPU, so it’s on a separate chip from the processor. NVIDIA MX450. Which is based on the GPU TU117 of the same brand, the same used in the different models of the GTX 1650, but limited to a 25W TDP. Its configuration is 896 units on FP32 or CUDA coresa figure higher even than the RX 680M integrated in the AMD Ryzen 6000.
How do they compare? Well, if we take the benchmarks of 3D mark as for example in fire-strike we can see how the Ryzen 7 6800H with 7573 points gives a better result with his RX 680M than the 5539 points of the NVIDIA MX 450. Instead, the 660M in the Ryzen 5 6600H falls somewhat short with 5041 pointyes Already far below in that aspect is the graph of the i5-12500H, it stays with 4724 points. Although the surprising thing is the 4323 points of the Ryzen 9 5900HS, proving that AMD’s iGPUs needed a change.
In other 3D Mark benchmarks such as Port Royal, the RX 680M even outperforms the NVIDIA RTX 3050, although the reason in this case is not having enough VRAM. Since said performance test does not work well. So it is not a limitation in raw power, but in the storage capacity of the graphics card.
AMD RX 680M vs NVIDIA MX 450
However, in real applications things change and as you can see in the graph above these lines, the NVIDIA MX 450 has a few frames of advantage in some games and vice versa. Let’s not forget that the performance of the NVIDIA GPU is good enough for many manufacturers to include it in their laptops. The fact that AMD’s 600M iGPUs can get the same performance is a torpedo in NVIDIA’s waterline, as they can save this part for that class of laptops.
RDNA 2 is a huge advantage in integrated GPUs for AMD
Without leaving the AMD Radeon 600M GPUs, other benchmarks have been seen where the graphic performance of a Ryzen 7 6800H without a dedicated graphics card is compared in Cyberpunk 2077. where to one full HD resolution in low and without the active FSR the Radeon 680M that has as iGPU oscillates between the 35 and 42 FPS. A figure that does not seem very spectacular, but if we take into account that a Ryzen 7 5800U remains among the 16 and 18 frames per secondOr, then it is very clear from Lisa Su that they have opted for the RDNA 2 architecture in their new APUs.
The difference can also be seen in 3D Mark’s Night Raid test where the Radeon 680M achieves between 26,235 points and 33,000 points. A figure much higher than 17,244 points from the Ryzen 7 5800U and its Radeon Vega 8 GPU that stays between 14890 points and 17244 points. Being one of the advantages the greater bandwidth remains the new DDR5 memory.
