Radeon RX Vega 3 vs HD 6650M

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6650M with Radeon RX Vega 3, including specs and performance data.

HD 6650M
2011
1 GB DDR3
1.95

RX Vega 3 outperforms HD 6650M by an impressive 53% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking895772
Place by popularitynot in top-10086
Power efficiencyno data14.33
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameWhistlerPicasso
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 January 2011 (13 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 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 cores480192
Core clock speed600 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1001 MHz
Number of transistors716 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate14.4012.01
Floating-point processing power0.576 TFLOPS0.3844 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs2412

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 x16IGP
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 typeDDR3System 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

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. 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.

HD 6650M 1.95
RX Vega 3 2.98
+52.8%

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.

HD 6650M 752
RX Vega 3 1149
+52.8%

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.

HD 6650M 4051
RX Vega 3 5441
+34.3%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 6650M 1037
RX Vega 3 1724
+66.2%

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:

900p19
−42.1%
27−30
+42.1%
Full HD17
+41.7%
12
−41.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+0%
7
+0%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−20%
6
+20%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Hitman 3 6−7
+20%
5
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−29.4%
21−24
+29.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−50%
6
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−11.4%
35−40
+11.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Hitman 3 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−29.4%
21−24
+29.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−10%
11
+10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−41.7%
17
+41.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−11.4%
35−40
+11.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Hitman 3 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+88.9%
9
−88.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+11.1%
9
−11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+200%
4
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−11.4%
35−40
+11.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−100%
2−3
+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 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 1−2

4K
Epic Preset

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

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6
+0%
6
+0%
Metro Exodus 7
+0%
7
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1

This is how HD 6650M and RX Vega 3 compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 3 is 42% faster in 900p
  • HD 6650M is 42% faster in 1080p

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 HD 6650M is 200% faster.
  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 3 is 400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 6650M is ahead in 4 tests (7%)
  • RX Vega 3 is ahead in 44 tests (75%)
  • there's a draw in 11 tests (19%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.95 2.98
Recency 4 January 2011 6 January 2019
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm

RX Vega 3 has a 52.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX Vega 3 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6650M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6650M is a notebook card while Radeon RX Vega 3 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon HD 6650M
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