GeForce 305M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5650 and GeForce 305M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 5650
2010
1 GB GDDR3, 15 Watt
1.24
+254%

Mobility HD 5650 outperforms 305M by a whopping 254% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking10691333
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.401.94
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameMadisonGT218
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (15 years ago)10 January 2010 (15 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 cores40016
Core clock speed450 MHz525 MHz
Boost clock speed650 MHzno data
Number of transistors627 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt14 Watt
Texture fill rate9.0004.200
Floating-point processing power0.36 TFLOPS0.0368 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data55
ROPs84
TMUs208
L1 Cache40 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KB32 KB

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GBUp to 512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHzUp to 700 (DDR3), Up to 700 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s11.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsDisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

Power managementno data8.0

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.04.1
OpenGL4.42.1
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

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:

900p15
+275%
4−5
−275%
Full HD16
+300%
4−5
−300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Fortnite 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Valorant 30−35
+26.9%
24−27
−26.9%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 39
+179%
14−16
−179%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Dota 2 16−18
+70%
10−11
−70%
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Fortnite 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 0−1 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Valorant 30−35
+26.9%
24−27
−26.9%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Dota 2 16−18
+70%
10−11
−70%
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Valorant 30−35
+26.9%
24−27
−26.9%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 3−4 0−1

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 8−9 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Valorant 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Hogwarts Legacy 1−2 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 2−3 0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 1−2 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5650 and GeForce 305M compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5650 is 275% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5650 is 300% faster in 1080p

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

  • in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5650 is 225% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5650 performs better in 27 tests (90%)
  • there's a draw in 3 tests (10%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.24 0.35
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 14 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5650 has a 254.3% higher aggregate performance score.

GeForce 305M, on the other hand, has 7.1% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5650 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 305M in performance tests.

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