AMD Radeon HD 8650G vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8650G and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M 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.

AMD Radeon HD 8650G

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8650G

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 65 nm
Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 1876
Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 1876

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 May 2013 vs 3 March 2009
Pipelines	384 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 1876
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 1876

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

2.7x more core clock speed: 1463 MHz vs 533 MHz
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 153 vs 140
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 576 vs 518

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1463 MHz vs 533 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	153 vs 140
PassMark - G3D Mark	576 vs 518

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8650G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

1876

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

1876

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

140

153

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

518

576

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8650G	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
Geekbench - OpenCL	1735
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	736
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	736
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	1876
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	1876
PassMark - G2D Mark	140	153
PassMark - G3D Mark	518	576

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8650G	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Tesla
Code name	Richland	G92
Launch date	1 May 2013	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1272	1275
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	720 MHz
Core clock speed	533 MHz	1463 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	384	128
CUDA cores		128
Floating-point performance		374.5 gflops
Gigaflops		562
Texture fill rate		38 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Transistor count		754 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Interface		MXM-IV
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		61 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Display Connectors		HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD
SLI