Radeon HD 8650D IGP vs GeForce GTX 275

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking714not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.33no data
Power efficiency1.14no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameGT200BScrapper
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 January 2009 (15 years ago)28 December 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores240384
Core clock speed633 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speedno data844 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million1,303 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)219 Watt65 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate50.6420.26
Floating-point processing power0.6739 TFLOPS0.6482 TFLOPS
ROPs288
TMUs8024

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount896 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width448 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1134 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth127.0 GB/sno data

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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.0
OpenGL3.04.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 January 2009 28 December 2013
Chip lithography 55 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 219 Watt 65 Watt

HD 8650D IGP has an age advantage of 4 years, a 71.9% more advanced lithography process, and 236.9% lower power consumption.

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