Radeon HD 8650M vs Arc Graphics 130T

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Arc Graphics 130T and Radeon HD 8650M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Arc Graphics 130T
2025
14.70
+682%

Graphics 130T outperforms HD 8650M by a whopping 682% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking401969
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureXe+ (2025)GCN (2012−2015)
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date6 January 2025 (1 year ago)7 January 2013 (13 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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores7384
Core clock speedno data650 MHz
Number of transistorsno data900 Million
Manufacturing process technologyno data28 nm

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 sizeno datamedium sized

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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data2 GB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data4500 MHz
Shared memory+-
Resizable BAR+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data11.1

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Arc Graphics 130T 14.70
+682%
HD 8650M 1.88

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Arc Graphics 130T 5300
+405%
HD 8650M 1050

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Arc Graphics 130T 32273
+330%
HD 8650M 7500

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD30
+900%
3−4
−900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Atomic Heart 35−40
+660%
5−6
−660%
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+2667%
3−4
−2667%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%

Full HD
Medium

Atomic Heart 35−40
+660%
5−6
−660%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+1500%
4−5
−1500%
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+2667%
3−4
−2667%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+1125%
4−5
−1125%
Fortnite 80−85
+950%
8−9
−950%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+520%
10−11
−520%
Forza Horizon 5 45−50
+1075%
4−5
−1075%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
+400%
10−12
−400%
Valorant 120−130
+208%
35−40
−208%

Full HD
High

Atomic Heart 35−40
+660%
5−6
−660%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+1500%
4−5
−1500%
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+2667%
3−4
−2667%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 190−200
+408%
35−40
−408%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+1125%
4−5
−1125%
Fortnite 80−85
+950%
8−9
−950%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+520%
10−11
−520%
Forza Horizon 5 45−50
+1075%
4−5
−1075%
Grand Theft Auto V 16
+433%
3−4
−433%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
+400%
10−12
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+400%
8−9
−400%
Valorant 120−130
+208%
35−40
−208%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 60−65
+1500%
4−5
−1500%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+1125%
4−5
−1125%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+520%
10−11
−520%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
+400%
10−12
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+400%
8−9
−400%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 80−85
+950%
8−9
−950%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+625%
4−5
−625%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 110−120
+746%
12−14
−746%
Grand Theft Auto V 24−27
+700%
3−4
−700%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Valorant 130−140
+756%
16−18
−756%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 40−45
+740%
5−6
−740%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+1550%
2−3
−1550%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+825%
4−5
−825%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+600%
3−4
−600%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 30−35
+1000%
3−4
−1000%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Grand Theft Auto V 27−30
+80%
14−16
−80%
Metro Exodus 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
Valorant 70−75
+630%
10−11
−630%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6 0−1
Far Cry 5 16−18 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 24−27 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%

Full HD
High

Dota 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Dota 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Valorant 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

1440p
High

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%

4K
High

Atomic Heart 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

This is how Arc Graphics 130T and HD 8650M compete in popular games:

  • Arc Graphics 130T is 900% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the Arc Graphics 130T is 2667% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Arc Graphics 130T performs better in 46 tests (88%)
  • there's a draw in 6 tests (12%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.70 1.88
Recency 6 January 2025 7 January 2013

Arc Graphics 130T has a 682% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 11 years.

The Arc Graphics 130T is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8650M in performance tests.

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