Radeon HD 8650M vs R5 M430
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R5 M430 and Radeon HD 8650M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
HD 8650M outperforms R5 M430 by a significant 21% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 946 | 892 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | GCN (2012−2015) |
| GPU code name | Exo | no data |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 15 May 2016 (8 years ago) | 7 January 2013 (12 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 | 320 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 1030 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1030 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 690 million | 900 Million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | unknown | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 20.60 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6592 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | no data |
| TMUs | 20 | no data |
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 size | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | no data |
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 | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 4500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 11.1 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | - |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
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.
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.
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 HD | 15
−20%
| 18−20
+20%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Atomic Heart | 4−5
−25%
|
5−6
+25%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Atomic Heart | 4−5
−25%
|
5−6
+25%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4
−66.7%
|
5−6
+66.7%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 2−3 |
| Fortnite | 6−7
−33.3%
|
8−9
+33.3%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9
−25%
|
10−11
+25%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11
−10%
|
10−12
+10%
|
| Valorant | 35−40
−8.3%
|
35−40
+8.3%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Atomic Heart | 4−5
−25%
|
5−6
+25%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4
−66.7%
|
5−6
+66.7%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 30−35
−14.7%
|
35−40
+14.7%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 21
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 2−3 |
| Fortnite | 6−7
−33.3%
|
8−9
+33.3%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9
−25%
|
10−11
+25%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 2−3
−100%
|
4−5
+100%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11
−10%
|
10−12
+10%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−16.7%
|
7−8
+16.7%
|
| Valorant | 35−40
−8.3%
|
35−40
+8.3%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4
−66.7%
|
5−6
+66.7%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 19
−10.5%
|
21−24
+10.5%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 2−3 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9
−25%
|
10−11
+25%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11
−10%
|
10−12
+10%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−16.7%
|
7−8
+16.7%
|
| Valorant | 35−40
−8.3%
|
35−40
+8.3%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 6−7
−33.3%
|
8−9
+33.3%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 10−11
−30%
|
12−14
+30%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−12
−27.3%
|
14−16
+27.3%
|
| Valorant | 9−10
−55.6%
|
14−16
+55.6%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 0−1 | 1−2 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Atomic Heart | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Valorant | 8−9
−25%
|
10−11
+25%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 2−3
−100%
|
4−5
+100%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 0−1 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Forza Horizon 4 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
This is how R5 M430 and HD 8650M compete in popular games:
- HD 8650M is 20% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Forza Horizon 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD 8650M is 100% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- HD 8650M is ahead in 34 tests (65%)
- there's a draw in 18 tests (35%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.68 | 2.04 |
| Recency | 15 May 2016 | 7 January 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
R5 M430 has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
HD 8650M, on the other hand, has a 21.4% higher aggregate performance score.
The Radeon HD 8650M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 M430 in performance tests.
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