AMD Radeon RX 480 vs AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 480

AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 87% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 600 MHz
12.7x more texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 2304 vs 480
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
10.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8609 vs 836
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 418

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2016 vs 19 April 2011
Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 480
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8609 vs 836
PassMark - G2D Mark	776 vs 418

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6650A

99.3x better floating-point performance: 576.0 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 150 Watt

Floating-point performance	576.0 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6650A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8609

836

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

776

418

Name	AMD Radeon RX 480	AMD Radeon HD 6650A
PassMark - G3D Mark	8609	836
PassMark - G2D Mark	776	418
Geekbench - OpenCL	39250
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	103.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	67.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	597.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4165

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 480	AMD Radeon HD 6650A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Ellesmere	Onega
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	29 June 2016	19 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	354	351
Price now	$299.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	39.12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.8 TFLOPs	576.0 gflops
GPU Power	110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2304	480
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	n / a
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HD3D
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore