AMD Radeon RX 490M vs AMD Radeon HD 8650M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 490M and AMD Radeon HD 8650M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 490M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Launch date 1 August 2016 vs 7 January 2013
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 490M AMD Radeon HD 8650M

Essentials

Architecture GCN GCN
Code name Polaris Mars
Launch date 1 August 2016 7 January 2013
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Boost clock speed 700 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz
Pipelines 384
Transistor count 900 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Laptop size large medium sized
Interface PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12 11.1
OpenCL 1.2
OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz
Shared memory No

Technologies

Enduro
PowerPlay 7.0
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Zero Core

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