HD 8650G vs R5 (Bristol Ridge)

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Combined performance score

R5 (Bristol Ridge)
2.43
+80%

R5 (Bristol Ridge) outperforms HD 8650G by 80% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking796969
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.06
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)Terascale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameBristol RidgeRichland
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 June 2016 (7 years old)1 May 2013 (10 years old)
Current price$53 $300
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores384384
Core clock speedno data533 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz720 MHz
Number of transistors3100 Million1,303 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-45 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rateno data17.28

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) and Radeon HD 8650G compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizedmedium sized
Interfaceno dataIGP

Memory

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 typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width64/128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
Shared memory++

Video outputs and ports

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 dataNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkanno dataN/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 2.43
+80%
HD 8650G 1.35

R5 (Bristol Ridge) outperforms HD 8650G by 80% in our combined benchmark results.


3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 1720
+20%
HD 8650G 1433

R5 (Bristol Ridge) outperforms HD 8650G by 20% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 1284
+41.8%
HD 8650G 905

R5 (Bristol Ridge) outperforms HD 8650G by 42% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 8256
+27.9%
HD 8650G 6453

R5 (Bristol Ridge) outperforms HD 8650G by 28% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 58018
HD 8650G 71794
+23.7%

HD 8650G outperforms R5 (Bristol Ridge) by 24% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

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:

Full HD12
−41.7%
17
+41.7%
1440p35−40
+66.7%
21
−66.7%
4K16−18
+77.8%
9
−77.8%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 11
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Hitman 3 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Hitman 3 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6
+50%
4−5
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Hitman 3 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
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 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

This is how R5 (Bristol Ridge) and HD 8650G compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • HD 8650G is 41.7% faster than R5 (Bristol Ridge)

1440p resolution:

  • R5 (Bristol Ridge) is 66.7% faster than HD 8650G

4K resolution:

  • R5 (Bristol Ridge) is 77.8% faster than HD 8650G

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R5 (Bristol Ridge) is 1000% faster than the HD 8650G.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R5 (Bristol Ridge) is ahead in 27 tests (84%)
  • there's a draw in 5 tests (16%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.43 1.35
Recency 1 June 2016 1 May 2013
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 35 Watt

The Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8650G in performance tests.


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