Radeon HD 8650M vs GeForce GTX 670M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 670M and Radeon HD 8650M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 670M
2012
1536 MB GDDR5, 75 Watt
3.91
+123%

GTX 670M outperforms HD 8650M by a whopping 123% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking675904
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.13no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN (2012−2015)
GPU code nameGF114no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date22 March 2012 (13 years ago)7 January 2013 (12 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 cores336384
Core clock speed598 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million900 Million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate33.49no data
Floating-point processing power0.8037 TFLOPSno data
ROPs24no data
TMUs56no 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 Express 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)no 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB2 GB
Memory bus width192bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth72.0 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
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API and SDK 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.

GTX 670M 3.91
+123%
HD 8650M 1.75

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 670M 1950
+85.7%
HD 8650M 1050

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.

GTX 670M 14940
+99.2%
HD 8650M 7500

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:

900p39
+144%
16−18
−144%
Full HD41
+128%
18−20
−128%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Fortnite 24−27
+213%
8−9
−213%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+100%
10−11
−100%
Forza Horizon 5 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
+54.5%
10−12
−54.5%
Valorant 55−60
+47.4%
35−40
−47.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 91
+133%
35−40
−133%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Dota 2 35−40
+76.2%
21−24
−76.2%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Fortnite 24−27
+213%
8−9
−213%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+100%
10−11
−100%
Forza Horizon 5 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Metro Exodus 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
+54.5%
10−12
−54.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Valorant 55−60
+47.4%
35−40
−47.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Dota 2 35−40
+76.2%
21−24
−76.2%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+100%
10−11
−100%
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
+54.5%
10−12
−54.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Valorant 55−60
+47.4%
35−40
−47.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 24−27
+213%
8−9
−213%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 30−35
+146%
12−14
−146%
Grand Theft Auto V 4−5 0−1
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
+77.8%
18−20
−77.8%
Valorant 45−50
+229%
14−16
−229%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+6.7%
14−16
−6.7%
Valorant 21−24
+110%
10−11
−110%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Dota 2 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

This is how GTX 670M and HD 8650M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 670M is 144% faster in 900p
  • GTX 670M is 128% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the GTX 670M is 750% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 670M surpassed HD 8650M in all 54 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.91 1.75
Recency 22 March 2012 7 January 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

GTX 670M has a 123.4% higher aggregate performance score.

HD 8650M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 670M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8650M in performance tests.

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