Radeon HD 2900 XT vs Mobility HD 5650

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Aggregated performance score

ATI Mobility HD 5650
2010
1024 MB GDDR3, DDR3
1.37

HD 2900 XT outperforms Mobility HD 5650 by a significant 24% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking970889
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameMadison ProR600
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)14 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399
Current price$24 no data

Detailed specifications

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 cores400320
Core clock speed450 MHz743 MHz
Boost clock speed650 MHzno data
Number of transistors627 million720 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15-19 Watt215 Watt
Texture fill rate9.00011.89
Floating-point performance360.0 gflops475.5 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon HD 5650 and Radeon HD 2900 XT 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.

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR3, DDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1656 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s106.0 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

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
−20%
18−20
+20%
Full HD16
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Hitman 3 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Hitman 3 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5650 and ATI HD 2900 XT compete in popular games:

  • ATI HD 2900 XT is 20% faster in 900p
  • ATI HD 2900 XT is 13% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.37 1.70
Recency 7 January 2010 14 May 2007
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 215 Watt

The Radeon HD 2900 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5650 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5650 is a notebook card while Radeon HD 2900 XT is a desktop one.


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