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AMD Radeon HD 7650M

AMD Radeon HD 7650M

The AMD Radeon HD 7650M (sometimes also called AMD Mobility Radeon HD 7650) is a DirectX11 middle class graphics card for laptops. It is based on the same chip as the Radeon HD 6650M, but has a lower core clock of 450 - 550 MHz. The memory interface is 128 bit wide, but only supports DDR3. The architecture is based on the Northern Islands generation, manufactured in 40nm.

The 480 stream processors should be still based on the "old" 5D architecture similar to the 5000 series. Therefore, the number of shaders is not comparable to the 1D cores of current Nvidia GPUs. The tessellation performance should be improved (like the desktop 6800 series) with the new cards. The stream processors can be used with DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.1, DirectCompute 11 and OpenCL. With the later two the cores can also be used for general computations like transcoding videos.

The 3D performance is similar to the Radeon HD 6630M, depending on the core clock (mostly 500 MHz). Therefore, current games run (more or less) fluently in 1366x768 and medium details. Playing highly demanding games like Anno 2070, a further reduction of the settings could be necessary.

The new UVD3 video decoder supports the decoding of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, Flash and now also Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos on the graphics card.

Furthermore, the HD 7600M series integrates a HD audio controller to transmit HD audio (TrueHD or DTS Master Audio) over HDMI and DisplayPort (e.g. for Blu-Ray videos).

The AMD HD3D Technology offers support for Blu-Ray 3D and 3D displays (integrated and external). However, the solution is not as mature as Nvidias 3D Vision.

Thanks to Eyefinity the graphics chip is able to theoretically drive up to 5 monitors simultaneously. However, this only works if the laptop features enough DisplayPort outputs.

The power consumption of the chip is similar to the Radeon HD 6630M and therefore suited for 15" laptops and up.

ManufacturerAMD
Radeon HD 7600M Series

Radeon HD 7690M XT 480@725MHz

Radeon HD 7690M 480@600 - 725MHz

Radeon HD 7660G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics 862@685 / 600MHz

Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics 736@655 / 600MHz

Radeon HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics 736@655 / 600MHz

Radeon HD 7670M 480@600MHz

Radeon HD 7650M 480@450-550MHz

Radeon HD 7630M 480@450MHz

Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7610M Dual Graphics 656@655 / 450MHz

Radeon HD 7610M 400@450MHz

CodenameThames-LP/Pro
ArchitectureTerascale 2
Pipelines480 - unified
Core Speed *450-550 MHz
Shader Speed *450-550 MHz
Memory Speed *800 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeDDR3
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 11, Shader 5.0
technology40 nm
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement07.01.2012
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720
0% 100%
min: 1031     avg: 1055.5 (10%)     max: 1070 points
3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720
0% 100%
min: 909     avg: 943.5 (8%)     max: 972 points
3DMark Vantage - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 4102     avg: 4515.5 (12%)     max: 4721 Points
3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 3749     avg: 3881.3 (11%)     max: 4052 Points
3DMark 06
0% 100%
min: 6938     avg: 7365.7 (25%)     max: 7913 Points
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 14106     avg: 14210.5 (39%)     max: 14315 Points
3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 21974     avg: 21974 (15%)     max: 21974 Points
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - high, Tesselation (normal), DirectX11 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 11.1     avg: 11.4 (8%)     max: 11.7 fps
PCMark Vantage - Gaming Score 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 4593     avg: 5325.7 (20%)     max: 6333 Points
SPECviewperf 11 - Catia 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 5.18     avg: 5.2 (7%)     max: 5.18 fps
SPECviewperf 11 - Ensight 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 1.55     avg: 7.6 (13%)     max: 13.68 fps
SPECviewperf 11 - Lightwave 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 8.72     avg: 13.6 (17%)     max: 18.5 fps
SPECviewperf 11 - Maya 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 7.96     avg: 8.4 (7%)     max: 8.89 fps
SPECviewperf 11 - Pro/ENGINEER 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 0.56     avg: 1.1 (6%)     max: 1.67 fps
SPECviewperf 11 - SolidWorks 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 4.89     avg: 10.4 (16%)     max: 15.85 fps
SPECviewperf 11 - Tcvis 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 0.88     avg: 2.6 (4%)     max: 4.39 fps
SPECviewperf 11 - Siemens NX 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 0.85     avg: 3.2 (5%)     max: 5.51 fps
Cinebench R11.5 - OpenGL 64Bit
0% 100%
min: 32.58     avg: 32.8 (37%)     max: 33.08 Points
Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 5938     avg: 6768 (62%)     max: 8008 Points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics
0% 100%
min: 5.3     avg: 6.2 (79%)     max: 6.7 points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics
0% 100%
min: 6.5     avg: 6.6 (84%)     max: 6.7 points
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted
low:
39.6  fps      Compare
med.:
29.5  fps      Compare
high:
16.1  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Medal of Honor: Warfighter
low:
38.2  fps      Compare
med.:
24.6  fps      Compare
high:
18.9  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Dishonored
Dishonored (2012)
low:
51.9  fps      Compare
med.:
41.1  fps      Compare
high:
36.8  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
World of Tanks v8
low:
79.3  fps      Compare
med.:
34.7  fps      Compare
high:
24.9  fps      Compare
ultra:
14.8  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Fifa 13
Fifa 13 (2012)
low:
188.8  fps      Compare
med.:
126.5  fps      Compare
high:
96.9  fps      Compare
ultra:
57.6  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
F1 2012 (2012): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Dirt Showdown
low:
58.8  fps      Compare
med.:
38  fps      Compare
high:
32.9  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Diablo III
Diablo III (2012)
low:
76.3  fps      Compare
med.:
51.1  fps      Compare
high:
43.2  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Risen 2: Dark Waters
low:
37.3  fps      Compare
med.:
23.2  fps      Compare
high:
17.2  fps      Compare
ultra:
8.7  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Mass Effect 3
low:
44.2  fps      Compare
high:
32.5  fps      Compare
ultra:
19.4  fps      Compare