ATI Radeon X1600 vs HD 8650M

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 8650M with Radeon X1600, including specs and performance data.

HD 8650M
2013
2 GB GDDR5
2.04
+1469%

HD 8650M outperforms ATI X1600 by a whopping 1469% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking8791435
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.34
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Ultra-Threaded SE (2005−2007)
GPU code nameno dataRV516
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2013 (11 years ago)2007 (17 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 cores384no data
Core clock speed650 MHz635 MHz
Number of transistors900 Million105 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data27 Watt
Texture fill rateno data2.540
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data4

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 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount2 GB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4500 MHz800 MBps
Memory bandwidthno data12.8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 data2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.19.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

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 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8 0−1
Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 7−8 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+1650%
2−3
−1650%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8 0−1
Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 7−8 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+1650%
2−3
−1650%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 7−8 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+1650%
2−3
−1650%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6 0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.04 0.13
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 90 nm

HD 8650M has a 1469.2% higher aggregate performance score, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 8650M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X1600 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8650M is a notebook card while Radeon X1600 is a desktop one.


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