Radeon HD 8650D IGP vs Radeon HD 3870 X2

Radeon HD 8650D IGP
Memory: 0Mb System SharedDESKTOP
Release date: 28 Dec 2013
Radeon HD 8650D IGP
Radeon HD 3870 X2
Memory: 512Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 26 Jan 2008
Radeon HD 3870 X2

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 8650D IGP

100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 3870 X2 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 3870 X2

Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon HD 8650D IGPRadeon HD 3870 X2
GPU NameScrapper ()vsR680 ()
Fab Process32 nmvs55 nm
Die Size246 mm²vs192 mm²
Transistors1,303 millionvs666 million
Shaders384vs320
Compute Units4vs4
Core clock720 MHzvs825 MHz
ROPs8vs16
TMUs24vs16

Memory Configuration

Radeon HD 8650D IGPRadeon HD 3870 X2
Memory TypeSystem SharedvsGDDR3
Bus WidthSystem Sharedvs256 bit x2
Memory SpeedSystem Sharedvs901 MHz
1802 MHz effective
Memory Size0 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

Radeon HD 8650D IGPRadeon HD 3870 X2
TDP65 wattsvs165 watts
Release Date28 Dec 2013vs26 Jan 2008

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon HD 8650D IGP
    5.76 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 3870 X2
    26.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon HD 8650D IGP
    17.30 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 3870 X2
    26.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon HD 8650D IGP
    0.00 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 3870 X2
    115.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon HD 8650D IGP
    553.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 3870 X2
    1056.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better