RTX A5000 vs Radeon HD 8650M

Place in the ranking	879	36
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	17.96
Architecture	GCN (2012−2015)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	no data	GA102
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	7 January 2013 (11 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 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	8192
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1170 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1695 MHz
Number of transistors	900 Million	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	230 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	433.9
Floating-point processing power	no data	27.77 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	96
TMUs	no data	256
Tensor Cores	no data	256
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	64

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	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	768.0 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 data

4x DisplayPort 1.4a

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	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5
−2650%

110−120

+2650%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −2757%	200−210 +2757%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −2700%	140−150 +2700%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2650%	110−120 +2650%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −2733%	85−90 +2733%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −2700%	140−150 +2700%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −2757%	200−210 +2757%
Hitman 3	6−7 −2733%	170−180 +2733%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −2547%	450−500 +2547%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −2650%	110−120 +2650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −2789%	260−270 +2789%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −2757%	1000−1050 +2757%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −2757%	200−210 +2757%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −2700%	140−150 +2700%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2650%	110−120 +2650%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −2733%	85−90 +2733%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −2700%	140−150 +2700%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −2757%	200−210 +2757%
Hitman 3	6−7 −2733%	170−180 +2733%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −2547%	450−500 +2547%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −2650%	110−120 +2650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −2789%	260−270 +2789%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −2400%	300−310 +2400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −2757%	1000−1050 +2757%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −2757%	200−210 +2757%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −2700%	140−150 +2700%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2650%	110−120 +2650%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −2733%	85−90 +2733%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −2757%	200−210 +2757%
Hitman 3	6−7 −2733%	170−180 +2733%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −2547%	450−500 +2547%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −2789%	260−270 +2789%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −2400%	300−310 +2400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −2757%	1000−1050 +2757%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
−2650%

110−120

+2650%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −2733%	85−90 +2733%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −2733%	85−90 +2733%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −2650%	55−60 +2650%
Hitman 3	7−8 −2757%	200−210 +2757%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −2733%	170−180 +2733%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −2800%	290−300 +2800%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
−2700%

140−150

+2700%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−2600%

27−30
+2600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −2650%	55−60 +2650%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−2733%

85−90
+2733%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.04	59.27
Recency	7 January 2013	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm

RTX A5000 has a 2805.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A5000 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 RTX A5000 is a workstation one.

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