Radeon 740M vs ATI Mobility HD 5650

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5650 with Radeon 740M, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 5650
2010
1 GB GDDR3, 15 Watt
1.40

740M outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5650 by a whopping 494% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking998499
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.4638.41
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameMadisonPhoenix
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)4 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 cores400256
Core clock speed450 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speed650 MHz2500 MHz
Number of transistors627 million25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate9.00040.00
Floating-point processing power0.36 TFLOPS2.56 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs2016
Ray Tracing Coresno data4

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
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth25.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.1
VulkanN/A1.3

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:

900p15
−467%
85−90
+467%
Full HD16
−37.5%
22
+37.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−900%
20−22
+900%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−733%
24−27
+733%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−1867%
55−60
+1867%
Hitman 3 6−7
−183%
16−18
+183%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−233%
50−55
+233%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−263%
27−30
+263%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−78.8%
55−60
+78.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−900%
20−22
+900%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−733%
24−27
+733%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−1867%
55−60
+1867%
Hitman 3 6−7
−183%
16−18
+183%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−233%
50−55
+233%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−263%
27−30
+263%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−127%
24−27
+127%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−78.8%
55−60
+78.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−900%
20−22
+900%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−1867%
55−60
+1867%
Hitman 3 6−7
−183%
16−18
+183%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−233%
50−55
+233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−263%
27−30
+263%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−127%
24−27
+127%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−78.8%
55−60
+78.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−1600%
16−18
+1600%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−550%
12−14
+550%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 9−10
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Hitman 3 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
−700%
55−60
+700%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−275%
14−16
+275%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 4−5
Far Cry 5 0−1 5−6

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Hitman 3 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5650 and Radeon 740M compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 740M is 467% faster in 900p
  • Radeon 740M is 38% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 740M is 1867% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Radeon 740M is ahead in 49 tests (71%)
  • there's a draw in 20 tests (29%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.40 8.32
Recency 7 January 2010 4 January 2023
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm

Radeon 740M has a 494.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 740M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5650 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5650 is a notebook card while Radeon 740M is a desktop one.


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