Radeon HD 8650M vs GeForce GTS 450

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTS 450 with Radeon HD 8650M, including specs and performance data.

GTS 450
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 106 Watt
3.43
+68.1%

GTS 450 outperforms HD 8650M by an impressive 68% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking723874
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.57no data
Power efficiency2.33no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN (2012−2015)
GPU code nameGF106no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date13 September 2010 (14 years ago)7 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$129 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores192384
Core clock speed783 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million900 Million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature100 °Cno data
Texture fill rate25.06no data
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs32no 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 sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length210 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1804 (3608 data rate) MHz4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.7 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsMini HDMITwo Dual Link DVIno data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.2no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
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.

GTS 450 3.43
+68.1%
HD 8650M 2.04

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.

GTS 450 1545
+47.1%
HD 8650M 1050

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.

GTS 450 12447
+66%
HD 8650M 7500

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:

900p30
+87.5%
16−18
−87.5%
Full HD38
+81%
21−24
−81%
1200p27
+68.8%
16−18
−68.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Battlefield 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+171%
7−8
−171%
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+47.1%
16−18
−47.1%
Metro Exodus 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+17.1%
35−40
−17.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Battlefield 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+171%
7−8
−171%
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+47.1%
16−18
−47.1%
Metro Exodus 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+25%
12−14
−25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+17.1%
35−40
−17.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+171%
7−8
−171%
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+47.1%
16−18
−47.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+25%
12−14
−25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+17.1%
35−40
−17.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

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

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2 0−1
Hitman 3 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
+110%
10−11
−110%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

This is how GTS 450 and HD 8650M compete in popular games:

  • GTS 450 is 88% faster in 900p
  • GTS 450 is 81% faster in 1080p
  • GTS 450 is 69% faster in 1200p

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTS 450 is 600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTS 450 is ahead in 51 test (96%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (4%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.43 2.04
Recency 13 September 2010 7 January 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

GTS 450 has a 68.1% higher aggregate performance score.

HD 8650M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTS 450 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8650M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTS 450 is a desktop card while Radeon HD 8650M is a notebook one.


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

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