Radeon HD 7310 vs HD 8650M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 882 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN (2011−2017) | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | no data | Zacate |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 January 2013 (11 years ago) | 1 May 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | 80 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 900 Million | 450 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 18 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 4.000 |
| Floating-point performance | no data | 0.08 gflops |
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 | IGP |
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 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 4500 MHz | no 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 Connectors | no data | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 January 2013 | 1 May 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
HD 8650M has an age advantage of 8 months, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8650M and Radeon HD 7310. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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