Radeon HD 8650M vs HD 7770

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7770 with Radeon HD 8650M, including specs and performance data.

HD 7770
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 80 Watt
5.64
+176%

HD 7770 outperforms HD 8650M by a whopping 176% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking602883
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.45no data
Power efficiency4.83no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN (2012−2015)
GPU code nameCape Verdeno data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date15 February 2012 (12 years ago)7 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159 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 cores640384
Core clock speed1000 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million900 Million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Wattno data
Texture fill rate40.00no data
Floating-point processing power1.28 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs40no 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
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortno data
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)11.1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

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 7770 5.64
+176%
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.

HD 7770 2825
+169%
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.

HD 7770 18782
+150%
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:

900p47
+194%
16−18
−194%
Full HD46
+188%
16−18
−188%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.46no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Battlefield 5 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+414%
7−8
−414%
Hitman 3 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+106%
16−18
−106%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
+122%
9−10
−122%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+37.1%
35−40
−37.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Battlefield 5 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+414%
7−8
−414%
Hitman 3 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+106%
16−18
−106%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
+122%
9−10
−122%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+58.3%
12−14
−58.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+37.1%
35−40
−37.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+414%
7−8
−414%
Hitman 3 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+106%
16−18
−106%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
+122%
9−10
−122%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+58.3%
12−14
−58.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+37.1%
35−40
−37.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

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

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%
Hitman 3 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+260%
10−11
−260%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Hitman 3 2−3 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%

This is how HD 7770 and HD 8650M compete in popular games:

  • HD 7770 is 194% faster in 900p
  • HD 7770 is 188% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD 7770 is 1400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, HD 7770 surpassed HD 8650M in all 53 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.64 2.04
Recency 15 February 2012 7 January 2013

HD 7770 has a 176.5% higher aggregate performance score.

HD 8650M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months.

The Radeon HD 7770 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8650M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7770 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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