HD Graphics 5500 vs GeForce GTX 650

Place in performance ranking	616	930
Place by popularity	65	not in top-100
Value for money	0.35	0.06
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Gen. 8 Broadwell (2014−2015)
GPU code name	GK107	Broadwell GT2
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	6 September 2012 (11 years ago)	5 January 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	no data
Current price	$207 (1.9x MSRP)	$410

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 650 has 483% better value for money than HD Graphics 5500.

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	24
CUDA cores	384	no data
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	950 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	1,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.9 billion/sec	22.80
Floating-point performance	812.5 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 650 and HD Graphics 5500 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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.

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x1
Length	5.70" (14.5 cm)	no data
Height	4.38" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	no data

Memory

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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128-bit GDDR5	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5.0 GB/s	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

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	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	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
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.3	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.1.80
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 650 4.52
+201%

HD Graphics 5500 1.50

GeForce GTX 650 outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 201% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of 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: 25%

GTX 650 1749
+201%

HD Graphics 5500 581

GeForce GTX 650 outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 201% in Passmark.

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 650 2270
+242%

HD Graphics 5500 663

GeForce GTX 650 outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 242% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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:

900p	35−40 +169%	13 −169%
Full HD	30−35 +200%	10 −200%

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	4.52	1.50
Recency	6 September 2012	5 January 2015
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	15 Watt