Radeon 630 vs HD 8650G

Place in the ranking	1016	707
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.71	5.19
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Devastator	Polaris 23
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	13 May 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 cores	384	512
Core clock speed	533 MHz	1082 MHz
Boost clock speed	720 MHz	1218 MHz
Number of transistors	1,303 million	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.28	38.98
Floating-point processing power	0.553 TFLOPS	1.247 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	24	32

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
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 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	System Shared	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	2 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	112.0 GB/s
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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

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 8650G 1.36

Radeon 630 3.72
+174%

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 8650G 523

Radeon 630 1434
+174%

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	17 −165%	45−50 +165%
4K	9 −167%	24−27 +167%

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	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −533%	18−20 +533%
Hitman 3	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −60%	24−27 +60%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −62.5%	12−14 +62.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −21.2%	40−45 +21.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −533%	18−20 +533%
Hitman 3	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −60%	24−27 +60%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −62.5%	12−14 +62.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20 +33.3%	14−16 −33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −21.2%	40−45 +21.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −533%	18−20 +533%
Hitman 3	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −60%	24−27 +60%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −62.5%	12−14 +62.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −36.4%	14−16 +36.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −21.2%	40−45 +21.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−300%

8−9
+300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Hitman 3	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −186%	20−22 +186%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−75%

7−8
+75%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−100%

2−3
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	0−1	2−3

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−33.3%

4−5
+33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Battlefield 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Battlefield 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4

0−1

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

This is how HD 8650G and Radeon 630 compete in popular games:

Radeon 630 is 165% faster in 1080p
Radeon 630 is 167% faster in 4K

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the HD 8650G is 33% faster.
in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 630 is 533% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD 8650G is ahead in 1 test (2%)
Radeon 630 is ahead in 47 tests (80%)
there's a draw in 11 tests (19%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.36	3.72
Recency	23 May 2013	13 May 2019
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	50 Watt

HD 8650G has 42.9% lower power consumption.

Radeon 630, on the other hand, has a 173.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 630 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8650G in performance tests.

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