GeForce 7650 GS vs Radeon E8950
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon E8950 with GeForce 7650 GS, including specs and performance data.
E8950 outperforms 7650 GS by a whopping 3949% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 369 | 1292 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 10.22 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | Amethyst | G73 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 29 September 2015 (9 years ago) | 22 March 2006 (18 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 | 2048 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 735 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 177 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 128.0 | 5.400 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.096 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 128 | 12 |
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).
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB/s | 12.8 GB/s |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 14.17 | 0.35 |
| Recency | 29 September 2015 | 22 March 2006 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 90 nm |
Radeon E8950 has a 3948.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon E8950 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 7650 GS in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon E8950 is a notebook card while GeForce 7650 GS is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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