NVIDIA GeForce 830A vs AMD Radeon HD 8650D IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 830A and AMD Radeon HD 8650D IGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 830A

AMD Radeon HD 8650D IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 830A

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 720 MHz
Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 844 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 65 Watt
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1202 vs 396
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 355 vs 259

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 28 December 2013
Core clock speed	1082 MHz vs 720 MHz
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz vs 844 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1202 vs 396
PassMark - G2D Mark	355 vs 259

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8650D IGP

Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 20.26 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 384 vs 256
Around 10% better floating-point performance: 648.2 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10204 vs 4315

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	20.26 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 256
Floating-point performance	648.2 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	10204 vs 4315

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 830A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8650D IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1202

396

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

355

259

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4315

10204

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 830A	AMD Radeon HD 8650D IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	1202	396
PassMark - G2D Mark	355	259
Geekbench - OpenCL	4315	10204
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1767
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2889
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3302

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 830A	AMD Radeon HD 8650D IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 3
Code name	GM108	Scrapper
Launch date	22 July 2014	28 December 2013
Place in performance rating	856	857
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	844 MHz
Core clock speed	1082 MHz	720 MHz
Floating-point performance	588.8 gflops	648.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	256	384
Texture fill rate	18.4 GTexel / s	20.26 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count		1,303 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	IGP
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	System Shared