Radeon HD 8650M vs GeForce GTX 670M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 670M and Radeon HD 8650M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
GTX 670M outperforms HD 8650M by a whopping 123% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 675 | 904 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.12 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | GCN (2012−2015) |
| GPU code name | GF114 | no data |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 22 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 cores | 336 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 598 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,950 million | 900 Million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 33.49 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8037 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 24 | no data |
| TMUs | 56 | no 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 size | large | medium sized |
| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | MXM-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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 4500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 72.0 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 | No outputs | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| HDCP | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | Up to 2048x1536 | no 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.
| DirectX | 12 API | 11.1 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | no data |
| Vulkan | N/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.
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.
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.
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 | 39
+144%
| 16−18
−144%
|
| Full HD | 41
+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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