Radeon HD 8650M vs GeForce GTX 260M

Place in performance ranking	1073	868
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.07	0.13
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	N10E-GT	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	2 March 2009 (15 years ago)	7 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Current price	$109	$338

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 8650M has 86% better value for money than GTX 260M.

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	112	384
CUDA cores	112	no data
Core clock speed	550 MHz	650 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	900 Million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	31 billion/sec	no data
Floating-point performance	308 gflops	no data
Gigaflops	462	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 260M 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	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
SLI options	2-way	no data
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B	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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 950 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	61 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	DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

Supported technologies

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

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.1
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no 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 across all PC games

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

Full HD

−80%

45−50
+80%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−100%

4−5
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Hitman 3	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −100%	16−18 +100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −117%	12−14 +117%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Hitman 3	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −100%	16−18 +100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −117%	12−14 +117%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −100%	16−18 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −117%	12−14 +117%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−100%

4−5
+100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	1−2

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−150%

5−6
+150%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%