ATI Radeon X1650 vs R5 (Stoney Ridge)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) with Radeon X1650, including specs and performance data.

R5 (Stoney Ridge)
2016
12 Watt
1.47
+717%

R5 (Stoney Ridge) outperforms ATI X1650 by a whopping 717% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking9901401
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.25no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameStoney RidgeRV516
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)20 November 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 cores192no data
Core clock speedno data635 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data107 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-45 Wattno data
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 typeno dataDDR2
Maximum RAM amountno data256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data392 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data6.272 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 data1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.0
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.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD9
+800%
1−2
−800%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Elden Ring 1−2 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 4 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Metro Exodus 2 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Dota 2 2−3 0−1
Elden Ring 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Fortnite 6−7 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3 0−1
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20
+900%
2−3
−900%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8 0−1
World of Tanks 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Dota 2 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%

1440p
High Preset

Elden Ring 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1
World of Tanks 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 0−1
Valorant 7−8 0−1

4K
High Preset

Dota 2 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Elden Ring 0−1 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Dota 2 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Valorant 1−2 0−1

This is how R5 (Stoney Ridge) and ATI X1650 compete in popular games:

  • R5 (Stoney Ridge) is 800% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.47 0.18
Recency 1 June 2016 20 November 2007
Chip lithography 28 nm 80 nm

R5 (Stoney Ridge) has a 716.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X1650 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) is a notebook card while Radeon X1650 is a desktop one.


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