Radeon HD 8650M vs UHD Graphics 620

Place in performance ranking	775	868
Place by popularity	23	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.71	0.13
Architecture	Gen. 9.5 (2017)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Kaby-Lake-Refresh GT2	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 September 2017 (6 years ago)	7 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Current price	$706	$338

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

UHD Graphics 620 has 446% better value for money than HD 8650M.

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 cores	24	384
Core clock speed	300 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	189 million	900 Million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	27.60	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on UHD Graphics 620 and Radeon HD 8650M 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 size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	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	LPDDR3/DDR4	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	4500 MHz
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

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.1	no data
Vulkan	1.1.103	no data

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.

UHD Graphics 620 2.67
+40.5%

HD 8650M 1.90

UHD Graphics 620 outperforms Radeon HD 8650M by 41% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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%

UHD Graphics 620 1168
+11.2%

HD 8650M 1050

UHD Graphics 620 outperforms Radeon HD 8650M by 11% 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%

UHD Graphics 620 9324
+24.3%

HD 8650M 7500

UHD Graphics 620 outperforms Radeon HD 8650M by 24% in 3DMark Cloud Gate 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 HD	13 +44.4%	9−10 −44.4%
1440p	16 +60%	10−12 −60%
4K	9 +50%	6−7 −50%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6
+50%

4−5

−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8 +167%	3−4 −167%
Battlefield 5	8 +700%	1−2 −700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6 +20%	5−6 −20%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	10 +100%	5−6 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	12 +100%	6−7 −100%
Hitman 3	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12 −33.3%	16−18 +33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9 +125%	4−5 −125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10 +0%	10−11 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +15.4%	12−14 −15.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Battlefield 5	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	36 +500%	6−7 −500%
Hitman 3	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	34 +113%	16−18 −113%
Metro Exodus	3 +50%	2−3 −50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6 +50%	4−5 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	11 +10%	10−11 −10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 +20%	5−6 −20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +15.4%	12−14 −15.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5 −220%	16−18 +220%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14 +40%	10−11 −40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +15.4%	12−14 −15.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+50%

4−5

−50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Hitman 3	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+20%

5−6

−20%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

This is how UHD Graphics 620 and HD 8650M compete in popular games:

UHD Graphics 620 is 44% faster in 1080p
UHD Graphics 620 is 60% faster in 1440p
UHD Graphics 620 is 50% faster in 4K

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

in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the UHD Graphics 620 is 700% faster.
in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 8650M is 220% faster.

All in all, in popular games: