Radeon 610M vs GeForce 9650M GT

Place in the ranking	1285	792
Place by popularity	not in top-100	33
Power efficiency	1.07	13.03
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	G96C	Dragon Range
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	19 August 2008 (16 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year 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	32	128
Core clock speed	550 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2200 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	8.800	17.60
Floating-point processing power	0.0848 TFLOPS	0.5632 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	4
TMUs	16	8
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	2

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	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	25.6 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	Portable Device Dependent
Maximum VGA resolution	1920x1200	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.7
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	-

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. 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.

9650M GT 0.36

Radeon 610M 2.85
+692%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

9650M GT 137

Radeon 610M 1098
+701%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

9650M GT 1306

Radeon 610M 12065
+824%

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	1−2 −1300%	14 +1300%
1440p	9−10 −778%	79 +778%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−200%

6−7
+200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Hitman 3	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −175%	21−24 +175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −39.3%	35−40 +39.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Hitman 3	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −175%	21−24 +175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −250%	14 +250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −39.3%	35−40 +39.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Hitman 3	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −175%	21−24 +175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −150%	10 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +28.6%	7 −28.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −39.3%	35−40 +39.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	1−2
Hitman 3	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−200%

6−7
+200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−100%

4−5
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Battlefield 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Battlefield 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

+0%

7−8

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

This is how 9650M GT and Radeon 610M compete in popular games:

Radeon 610M is 1300% faster in 1080p
Radeon 610M is 778% faster in 1440p

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the 9650M GT is 29% faster.
in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 610M is 250% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

9650M GT is ahead in 1 test (2%)
Radeon 610M is ahead in 28 tests (47%)
there's a draw in 30 tests (51%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.36	2.85
Recency	19 August 2008	3 January 2023
Chip lithography	55 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	15 Watt

Radeon 610M has a 691.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, a 1000% more advanced lithography process, and 53.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 610M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9650M GT in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.