AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 vs AMD Radeon HD 8650M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 and AMD Radeon HD 8650M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 6

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 57% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Launch date 7 January 2018 vs 7 January 2013
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8650M

Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 AMD Radeon HD 8650M
PassMark - G2D Mark 320
PassMark - G3D Mark 1015

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 AMD Radeon HD 8650M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5th gen GCN
Code name Vega Raven Ridge Mars
Launch date 7 January 2018 7 January 2013
Place in performance rating 451 not rated
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 384
Transistor count 4500 million 900 million
Core clock speed 650 MHz
Pipelines 384

API support

DirectX 12.1 11.1
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.0
Vulkan

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

Memory

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

Technologies

Enduro
PowerPlay 7.0
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Zero Core