ATI Radeon HD 4650 vs ATI Mobility HD 5165

Place in the ranking	1089	1205
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.72	0.29
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	M96	RV730
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	10 September 2008 (16 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	320	320
Core clock speed	600 MHz	600 MHz
Number of transistors	514 million	514 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	48 Watt
Texture fill rate	19.20	19.20
Floating-point processing power	0.384 TFLOPS	0.384 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	8
TMUs	32	32

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	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	193 mm
Width	no data	1-slot

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	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	22.4 GB/s
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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.1	4.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
+200%

1−2

−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +85.7%	7−8 −85.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +77.8%	18−20 −77.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +85.7%	7−8 −85.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +77.8%	18−20 −77.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +85.7%	7−8 −85.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +77.8%	18−20 −77.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

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

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+100%

2−3

−100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3
+100%

1−2

−100%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.10	0.62
Recency	7 January 2010	10 September 2008
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	48 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5165 has a 77.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 37.1% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5165 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4650 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5165 is a notebook card while Radeon HD 4650 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.