Iris Plus Graphics vs Radeon HD 8650M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 8650M with Iris Plus Graphics, including specs and performance data.

HD 8650M
2013
2 GB GDDR5
2.04

Iris Plus Graphics outperforms HD 8650M by a whopping 130% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking879646
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data21.84
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code nameno dataIce Lake GT2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2013 (11 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores384512
Core clock speed650 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1000 MHz
Number of transistors900 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data32.00
Floating-point processing powerno data1.024 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data32

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
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x1
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed4500 MHzSystem Shared
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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.112 (12_1)
OpenGLno data4.6

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 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−129%
16−18
+129%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−129%
16−18
+129%
Hitman 3 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−106%
35−40
+106%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−100%
18−20
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−129%
80−85
+129%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−129%
16−18
+129%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−129%
16−18
+129%
Hitman 3 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−106%
35−40
+106%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−100%
18−20
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−125%
27−30
+125%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−129%
80−85
+129%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−129%
16−18
+129%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−129%
16−18
+129%
Hitman 3 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−106%
35−40
+106%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−100%
18−20
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−125%
27−30
+125%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−129%
80−85
+129%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Hitman 3 7−8
−129%
16−18
+129%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
−110%
21−24
+110%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.04 4.70
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm

Iris Plus Graphics has a 130.4% higher aggregate performance score, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The Iris Plus Graphics is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8650M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8650M is a notebook card while Iris Plus Graphics is a desktop one.


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