AMD Radeon HD 8650G vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8650G and NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8650G

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 0 month(s) later
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 May 2013 vs 1 April 2013
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3352

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

  • Around 57% higher core clock speed: 837 MHz vs 533 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3468 vs 1731
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2255 vs 736
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2255 vs 736
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3133 vs 2062
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3133 vs 2062
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 180 vs 138
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1095 vs 524
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 837 MHz vs 533 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 3468 vs 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2255 vs 736
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2255 vs 736
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3133 vs 2062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3133 vs 2062
PassMark - G2D Mark 180 vs 138
PassMark - G3D Mark 1095 vs 524

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8650G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1731
3468
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
736
2255
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
736
2255
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2062
3133
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2062
3133
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3352
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
138
180
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
524
1095
Name AMD Radeon HD 8650G NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
Geekbench - OpenCL 1731 3468
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 736 2255
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 736 2255
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2062 3133
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2062 3133
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3352
PassMark - G2D Mark 138 180
PassMark - G3D Mark 524 1095
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.489
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 202.905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.66
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 19.323
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8650G NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

Essentials

Architecture Terascale 3 Kepler
Code name Richland GK107
Launch date 1 May 2013 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 1273 1274
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 720 MHz
Core clock speed 533 MHz 837 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Floating-point performance 642.8 gflops
Texture fill rate 26.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16

API support

DirectX 11 12 API
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5
Standard memory configuration DDR3 / GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus