GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon HD 8650M

Place in the ranking	885	1
Place by popularity	not in top-100	6
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	18.56
Power efficiency	no data	15.30
Architecture	GCN (2012−2015)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	no data	AD102
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2013 (12 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	16384
Core clock speed	650 MHz	2235 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	900 Million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	450 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	1,290
Floating-point processing power	no data	82.58 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	176
TMUs	no data	512
Tensor Cores	no data	512
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	128

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	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	1.01 TB/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 data	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.8
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
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 2.05

RTX 4090 100.00
+4778%

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 4090 73447
+6895%

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 4090 260357
+3371%

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	5−6 −5060%	258 +5060%
1440p	4−5 −4825%	197 +4825%
4K	2−3 −7050%	143 +7050%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	6.20
1440p	no data	8.12
4K	no data	11.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −2020%	212 +2020%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −4400%	225 +4400%
Elden Ring	3−4 −8200%	249 +8200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −2825%	110−120 +2825%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −2050%	215 +2050%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −2120%	111 +2120%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −4945%	555 +4945%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −8800%	178 +8800%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1850%	150−160 +1850%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −2825%	110−120 +2825%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −1890%	199 +1890%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −2040%	107 +2040%
Dota 2	4−5 −4900%	200 +4900%
Elden Ring	3−4 −15500%	468 +15500%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −1046%	149 +1046%
Fortnite	10−11 −2980%	300−350 +2980%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −4882%	548 +4882%
Grand Theft Auto V	4−5 −4250%	174 +4250%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −9050%	183 +9050%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	20−22 −975%	210−220 +975%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1850%	150−160 +1850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −1833%	170−180 +1833%
World of Tanks	35−40 −615%	270−280 +615%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −2825%	110−120 +2825%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −1750%	185 +1750%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −2000%	105 +2000%
Dota 2	4−5 −5500%	224 +5500%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −1546%	210−220 +1546%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −4845%	544 +4845%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	20−22 −975%	210−220 +975%

1440p
High Preset

Elden Ring	1−2 −34200%	343 +34200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −1150%	170−180 +1150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −9200%	90−95 +9200%
World of Tanks	12−14 −3869%	500−550 +3869%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	85−90
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −1589%	152 +1589%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −2467%	77 +2467%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −2567%	160−170 +2567%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −8633%	262 +8633%
Valorant	8−9 −7050%	572 +7050%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −1069%	187 +1069%
Elden Ring	1−2 −19700%	198 +19700%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −1147%	187 +1147%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 −3383%	200−210 +3383%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −6300%	60−65 +6300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −1147%	187 +1147%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −4450%	90−95 +4450%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −3900%	40 +3900%
Dota 2	16−18 −1319%	227 +1319%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −5150%	100−110 +5150%
Fortnite	0−1	95−100
Valorant	2−3 −18100%	364 +18100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Valorant

826

+0%

826

+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Valorant

750−800

+0%

750−800

+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Valorant

680

+0%

680

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	162 +0%	162 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	161 +0%	161 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4	507 +0%	507 +0%
Metro Exodus	152 +0%	152 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	166 +0%	166 +0%
Metro Exodus	137 +0%	137 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	284 +0%	284 +0%

This is how HD 8650M and RTX 4090 compete in popular games:

RTX 4090 is 5060% faster in 1080p
RTX 4090 is 4825% faster in 1440p
RTX 4090 is 7050% faster in 4K

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

in Elden Ring, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 4090 is 34200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 4090 is ahead in 50 tests (82%)
there's a draw in 11 tests (18%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.05	100.00
Recency	7 January 2013	20 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm

RTX 4090 has a 4778% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 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 4090 is a desktop one.

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