Radeon HD 8650M vs GeForce GTX 560M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 560M and Radeon HD 8650M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 560M
2011
1536 MB GDDR5, 75 Watt
3.27
+60.3%

GTX 560M outperforms HD 8650M by an impressive 60% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking739874
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.02no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN (2012−2015)
GPU code nameGF116no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date30 May 2011 (13 years ago)7 January 2013 (11 years ago)

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 cores192384
Core clock speed775 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million900 Million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate24.80no data
Floating-point processing power0.5952 TFLOPSno data
ROPs24no data
TMUs32no data

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).

Laptop sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI options2-way-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB2 GB
Memory bus widthUp to 192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz4500 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 60 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

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

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 560M 3.27
+60.3%
HD 8650M 2.04

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.

GTX 560M 1380
+31.4%
HD 8650M 1050

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:

900p31
+72.2%
18−20
−72.2%
Full HD38
+81%
21−24
−81%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Battlefield 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+157%
7−8
−157%
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+41.2%
16−18
−41.2%
Metro Exodus 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+14.3%
35−40
−14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Battlefield 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+157%
7−8
−157%
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+41.2%
16−18
−41.2%
Metro Exodus 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+25%
12−14
−25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+14.3%
35−40
−14.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+157%
7−8
−157%
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+41.2%
16−18
−41.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+25%
12−14
−25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+14.3%
35−40
−14.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Hitman 3 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 20−22
+100%
10−11
−100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

This is how GTX 560M and HD 8650M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 560M is 72% faster in 900p
  • GTX 560M is 81% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 560M is 500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 560M is ahead in 50 tests (94%)
  • there's a draw in 3 tests (6%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.27 2.04
Recency 30 May 2011 7 January 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

GTX 560M has a 60.3% higher aggregate performance score.

HD 8650M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 560M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8650M in performance tests.


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