AMD Radeon HD 8650G vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8650G and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M 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 Quadro FX 2800M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8650G

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 65 nm
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2062 vs 1963
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2062 vs 1963
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3259
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3259
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 138 vs 41
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 523 vs 415

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 May 2013 vs 1 December 2009
Pipelines	384 vs 96
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2062 vs 1963
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2062 vs 1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3259
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3259
PassMark - G2D Mark	138 vs 41
PassMark - G3D Mark	523 vs 415

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 533 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 533 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8650G
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2062

1963

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2062

1963

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3259

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3259

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

138

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

523

415

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8650G	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
Geekbench - OpenCL	1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	736
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	736
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2062	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2062	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3259
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3259
PassMark - G2D Mark	138	41
PassMark - G3D Mark	523	415

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8650G	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Tesla
Code name	Richland	G92
Launch date	1 May 2013	1 December 2009
Place in performance rating	1279	1282
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Price now		$49.95
Value for money (0-100)		22.55
Technical info
Boost clock speed	720 MHz
Core clock speed	533 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	384	96
Floating-point performance		288 gflops
Texture fill rate		28.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Transistor count		754 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Interface		MXM-B (3.0)
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		2000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Technologies
CUDA
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