GeForce RTX 4060 vs Radeon HD 8650M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 8650M with GeForce RTX 4060, including specs and performance data.

HD 8650M
2013
2 GB GDDR5
2.04

RTX 4060 outperforms HD 8650M by a whopping 2426% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking88351
Place by popularitynot in top-1002
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data100.00
Power efficiencyno data30.70
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameno dataAD107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2013 (11 years ago)18 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

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 cores3843072
Core clock speed650 MHz1830 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2460 MHz
Number of transistors900 Million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data115 Watt
Texture fill rateno data236.2
Floating-point processing powerno data15.11 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data96
Tensor Coresno data96
Ray Tracing Coresno data24

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
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data240 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4500 MHz2125 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data272.0 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9

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 8650M 2.04
RTX 4060 51.53
+2426%

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 8650M 1050
RTX 4060 28111
+2577%

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 8650M 7500
RTX 4060 156140
+1982%

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 HD5−6
−2800%
145
+2800%
1440p3−4
−2467%
77
+2467%
4K1−2
−4300%
44
+4300%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.06
1440pno data3.88
4Kno data6.80

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−3375%
139
+3375%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−1414%
100−110
+1414%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−16100%
160−170
+16100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1880%
95−100
+1880%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2575%
107
+2575%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−3300%
100−110
+3300%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−2360%
120−130
+2360%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−2957%
210−220
+2957%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1700%
100−110
+1700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−1071%
190−200
+1071%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2575%
100−110
+2575%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−2089%
190−200
+2089%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−306%
140−150
+306%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−1414%
100−110
+1414%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−16100%
160−170
+16100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1880%
95−100
+1880%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2150%
90
+2150%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−3300%
100−110
+3300%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−2360%
120−130
+2360%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−2957%
210−220
+2957%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1700%
100−110
+1700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−1071%
190−200
+1071%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2575%
100−110
+2575%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−2311%
217
+2311%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−775%
100−110
+775%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−306%
140−150
+306%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−1414%
100−110
+1414%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1880%
95−100
+1880%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1900%
80
+1900%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−3300%
100−110
+3300%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−2957%
210−220
+2957%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1700%
100−110
+1700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−1071%
190−200
+1071%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−2011%
190
+2011%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−833%
112
+833%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−306%
140−150
+306%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2575%
100−110
+2575%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−3367%
100−110
+3367%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−2500%
75−80
+2500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−5600%
55−60
+5600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−4700%
48
+4700%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−2850%
55−60
+2850%
Hitman 3 7−8
−900%
70−75
+900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−1850%
110−120
+1850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−8000%
80−85
+8000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
−2090%
210−220
+2090%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−1660%
85−90
+1660%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−4500%
45−50
+4500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1750%
35−40
+1750%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−3400%
35−40
+3400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 35−40
Far Cry 5 1−2
−3100%
30−35
+3100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 27−30

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−1500%
45−50
+1500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Metro Exodus 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Metro Exodus 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%
Metro Exodus 111
+0%
111
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 129
+0%
129
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Hitman 3 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 68
+0%
68
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 20
+0%
20
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 70
+0%
70
+0%

This is how HD 8650M and RTX 4060 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4060 is 2800% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4060 is 2467% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4060 is 4300% faster in 4K

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 4060 is 16100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 4060 is ahead in 53 tests (76%)
  • there's a draw in 17 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.04 51.53
Recency 7 January 2013 18 May 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

RTX 4060 has a 2426% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4060 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8650M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8650M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4060 is a desktop 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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AMD Radeon HD 8650M
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