AMD Radeon HD 8650G + HD 8570M Dual Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

General info

Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.

Place in performance rating	746	741
Value for money	0.13	0.25
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	no data
GPU code name	N11E-GE	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 September 2010 (12 years old)	1 August 2013 (9 years old)
Current price	$310	$90

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	144	768
CUDA cores	144	no data
Core clock speed	590 MHz	720 / 650 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	32 / 28 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	35 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	10.6 billion/sec	no data
Floating-point performance	339.8 gflops	no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on GeForce GT 445M and Radeon HD 8650G + HD 8570M Dual Graphics compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
SLI options	+	no data

Memory

Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	no data
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1800 - 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	60.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

no data

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	12 API	11
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

---

Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS

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

900p	19	no data
Full HD	33 +154%	13 −154%

Popular games

Advantages and disadvantages

---

Performance rating	2.14	2.20
Recency	3 September 2010	1 August 2013
Memory bus width	192	64
Pipelines / CUDA cores	144	768
Chip lithography	40 nm	32 nm

---

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Cast your vote

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.

---