AMD Radeon E8870 vs AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8870 and AMD Radeon HD 6650A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon E8870

AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 768 vs 480
2.7x better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3368 vs 836
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 708 vs 418

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 19 April 2011
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 480
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368 vs 836
PassMark - G2D Mark	708 vs 418

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8870
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6650A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3368

836

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

708

418

Name	AMD Radeon E8870	AMD Radeon HD 6650A
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368	836
PassMark - G2D Mark	708	418
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.11
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18191

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8870	AMD Radeon HD 6650A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Saturn	Onega
Launch date	29 September 2015	19 April 2011
Place in performance rating	352	355
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	768	480
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3