AMD Radeon HD 8650M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

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Games supported 58%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
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  • Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
  • Core clock speed 590
  • Max video memory 3 GB
  • Memory type GDDR5
  • Memory clock speed 1250 MHz
  • Maximum resolution
AMD Radeon HD 8650M
Radeon HD 8650M
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  • Interface
  • Core clock speed 650
  • Max video memory 2048 MB
  • Memory type GDDR5
  • Memory clock speed 4500
  • Maximum resolution
Price now 338$
Games supported 57%

General info

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

Place in performance rating760818
Value for money0.150.09
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameN11E-GEno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 September 2010 (12 years old)7 January 2013 (10 years old)
Current price$310 $338
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores144384
CUDA cores144no data
Core clock speed590 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million900 Million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)35 Wattno data
Texture fill rate10.6 billion/secno data
Floating-point performance339.8 gflopsno data

Dimensions and compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 445M and Radeon HD 8650M 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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
SLI options+no data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB2 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth60.0 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX12 API11.1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/Ano data
CUDA+no data

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:

900p19no data
Full HD33no data

Popular games

  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Battlefield 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+9.1%
10−12
−9.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Hitman 3 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Battlefield 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+9.1%
10−12
−9.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Hitman 3 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 no data
Metro Exodus 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Battlefield 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Hitman 3 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Hitman 3 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance rating 2.13 1.76
Recency 3 September 2010 7 January 2013
Memory bus width 192 64
Pipelines / CUDA cores 144 384
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, Technical City recommends

NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
GeForce GT 445M

since it shows better performance.


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Competitors of GeForce GT 445M by AMD

We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GT 445M from AMD is Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2, which is nearly equal in speed and is lower by 1 position in our rating.

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Competitors of Radeon HD 8650M by NVIDIA

According to our data, the closest equivalent to Radeon HD 8650M by NVIDIA is GeForce GTS 160M, which is slower by 2% and lower by 6 positions in our rating.

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