Radeon HD 8650M vs GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile

Place in performance ranking	129	868
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	91.85	0.13
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	N17E-G3	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	16 August 2016 (7 years ago)	7 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499.99	no data
Current price	$230 (0.5x MSRP)	$338

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1080 Mobile has 70554% better value for money than HD 8650M.

Detailed specifications

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	2560	384
CUDA cores	2560	no data
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,200 million	900 Million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	283.4	no data
Floating-point performance	9,068 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile 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 size	large	medium sized
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
SLI options	+	no data

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	10 GB/s	4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

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	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI	no data
Multi monitor support	+	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost	3.0	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. 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.

GTX 1080 Mobile 35.58
+1773%

HD 8650M 1.90

GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 8650M by 1773% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1080 Mobile 21394
+1938%

HD 8650M 1050

GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 8650M by 1938% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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: 14%

GTX 1080 Mobile 126690
+1589%

HD 8650M 7500

GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 8650M by 1589% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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 HD	113 +1783%	6−7 −1783%
1440p	69 +2200%	3−4 −2200%
4K	55 +2650%	2−3 −2650%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

60−65
+1425%

4−5

−1425%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	59 +2850%	2−3 −2850%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	78 +1850%	4−5 −1850%
Battlefield 5	115 +11400%	1−2 −11400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	93 +2225%	4−5 −2225%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +1425%	4−5 −1425%
Far Cry 5	97 +1113%	8−9 −1113%
Far Cry New Dawn	129 +6350%	2−3 −6350%
Forza Horizon 4	108 +1443%	7−8 −1443%
Hitman 3	85−90 +1680%	5−6 −1680%
Horizon Zero Dawn	194 +1286%	14−16 −1286%
Metro Exodus	140 +1900%	7−8 −1900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	92 +2200%	4−5 −2200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	110−120 +982%	10−12 −982%
Watch Dogs: Legion	77 +7600%	1−2 −7600%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	52 +2500%	2−3 −2500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	68 +2167%	3−4 −2167%
Battlefield 5	107 +10600%	1−2 −10600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120 +2900%	4−5 −2900%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +1425%	4−5 −1425%
Far Cry 5	67 +738%	8−9 −738%
Far Cry New Dawn	91 +4450%	2−3 −4450%
Forza Horizon 4	106 +1414%	7−8 −1414%
Hitman 3	75 +1400%	5−6 −1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	178 +1171%	14−16 −1171%
Metro Exodus	85 +2025%	4−5 −2025%
Red Dead Redemption 2	87 +2075%	4−5 −2075%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	42 +282%	10−12 −282%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	142 +2740%	5−6 −2740%
Watch Dogs: Legion	68 +6700%	1−2 −6700%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	53 +2550%	2−3 −2550%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	59 +1867%	3−4 −1867%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	66 +1550%	4−5 −1550%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +1425%	4−5 −1425%
Far Cry 5	77 +863%	8−9 −863%
Forza Horizon 4	102 +1357%	7−8 −1357%
Horizon Zero Dawn	123 +779%	14−16 −779%
Metro Exodus	77 +1825%	4−5 −1825%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	74 +1380%	5−6 −1380%
Watch Dogs: Legion	51 +5000%	1−2 −5000%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

83
+1975%

4−5

−1975%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	80 +2567%	3−4 −2567%
Far Cry New Dawn	85 +4150%	2−3 −4150%
Hitman 3	52 +2500%	2−3 −2500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	32	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	42 +2000%	2−3 −2000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	46 +2200%	2−3 −2200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	66 +1550%	4−5 −1550%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +2600%	1−2 −2600%
Far Cry 5	74 +2367%	3−4 −2367%
Forza Horizon 4	87 +4250%	2−3 −4250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	89 +1383%	6−7 −1383%
Metro Exodus	74 +2367%	3−4 −2367%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	85−90 +2025%	4−5 −2025%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +2350%	2−3 −2350%
Watch Dogs: Legion	37	0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	55−60 +729%	7−8 −729%
Far Cry New Dawn	45 +2150%	2−3 −2150%
Hitman 3	34 +3300%	1−2 −3300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +2100%	2−3 −2100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	31 +3000%	1−2 −3000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	51 +2450%	2−3 −2450%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	31 +3000%	1−2 −3000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27	0−1
Battlefield 5	52 +2500%	2−3 −2500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	61 +1933%	3−4 −1933%
Horizon Zero Dawn	54 +2600%	2−3 −2600%
Metro Exodus	45 +1025%	4−5 −1025%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21	0−1