Intel HD Graphics 5000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

Price now 679$

Games supported 59%

Price now 489$

Games supported 55%

Questions and comments

General info

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

Place in performance rating	661	900
Value for money	0.16	0.03
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Gen. 7.5 Haswell (2012−2013)
GPU code name	N13E-GE	Haswell GT3
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	22 March 2012 (11 years old)	5 June 2013 (9 years old)
Current price	$679	$489

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	384	40
CUDA cores	384	no data
Core clock speed	Up to 900 MHz	200 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	1,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	45 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	Up to 27.2 billion/sec	44.00
Floating-point performance	652.8 gflops	no data

Dimensions and compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 650M and HD Graphics 5000 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	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16

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 type	DDR3\GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128bit	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 - 4000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	Up to 80.0 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 outputs
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536	no data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data
Quick Sync	no data	+

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	12 API	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.1.80
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.

GT 650M 3.03
+120%

HD Graphics 5000 1.38

Passmark
3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark 11 Performance GPU
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
3DMark Fire Strike Score
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Unigine Heaven 3.0

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 24%

GT 650M 1199
+110%

HD Graphics 5000 572

GeForce GT 650M outperforms HD Graphics 5000 by 110% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

GT 650M 9682
+126%

HD Graphics 5000 4277

GeForce GT 650M outperforms HD Graphics 5000 by 126% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

GT 650M 2112
+104%

HD Graphics 5000 1034

GeForce GT 650M outperforms HD Graphics 5000 by 104% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GT 650M 10647
+87%

HD Graphics 5000 5694

GeForce GT 650M outperforms HD Graphics 5000 by 87% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GT 650M 1241
+90.6%

HD Graphics 5000 651

GeForce GT 650M outperforms HD Graphics 5000 by 91% in 3DMark Fire Strike Score.

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 seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GT 650M 1420
+98.5%

HD Graphics 5000 716

GeForce GT 650M outperforms HD Graphics 5000 by 98% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GT 650M 22
+77.7%

HD Graphics 5000 12

GeForce GT 650M outperforms HD Graphics 5000 by 78% in Unigine Heaven 3.0.

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GT 650M and HD Graphics 5000. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)

21 Mh/s

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:

900p	31	no data
Full HD	31 +182%	11 −182%

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

7−8
+75%

4−5

−75%

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Battlefield 5	7−8	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Far Cry 5	5−6	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6	no data
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Hitman 3	5−6	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4	no data

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Battlefield 5	7−8	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Far Cry 5	5−6	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6	no data
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Hitman 3	5−6	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4	no data
Metro Exodus	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4	no data

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Battlefield 5	7−8	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Far Cry 5	5−6	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6	no data
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4	no data

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	no data
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	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
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	no data

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance rating	3.03	1.38
Recency	22 March 2012	5 June 2013
Memory bus width	128	64
Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	40
Chip lithography	28 nm	22 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	45 Watt	30 Watt

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

GeForce GT 650M

since it shows better performance.

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GeForce GT 650M

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Competitors of GeForce GT 650M by AMD

We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GT 650M from AMD is Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.