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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.

Radeon HD 7600M Series

Radeon HD 7690M XT compare 480 @ 0.73 GHz128 Bit @ 3600 MHz
Radeon HD 7690M compare 480 @ 0.6 - 0.73 GHz128 Bit @ 3600/1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7660G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics compare 862 @ 0.69 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics compare 736 @ 0.66 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics compare 736 @ 0.66 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7670M compare 480 @ 0.6 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7650M 480 @ 0.45 - 0.55 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7630M compare 480 @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7610M Dual Graphics compare 656 @ 0.66 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7610M compare 400 @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 1600 MHz
CodenameThames-LP/Pro
ArchitectureTerascale 2
Pipelines480 - unified
Core Speed450 - 550 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed1800 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeDDR3
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0
technology40 nm
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement07.01.2012

Benchmarks

3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 1031     avg: 1056     median: 1058.5 (2%)     max: 1070 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 4102     avg: 4516     median: 4562.5 (1%)     max: 4721 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 3749     avg: 3881     median: 3886 (2%)     max: 4052 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 6938     avg: 7366     median: 7333 (10%)     max: 7913 Points
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
min: 0.85     avg: 3.2     median: 3.2 (2%)     max: 5.51 fps
specvp11 tcvis-02 +
specvp11 sw-02 +
specvp11 proe-05 +
specvp11 maya-03 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
min: 7.96     avg: 8.4     median: 8.4 (6%)     max: 8.89 fps
specvp11 lightwave-01 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
min: 8.72     avg: 13.6     median: 13.6 (15%)     max: 18.5 fps
specvp11 ensight-04 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
min: 1.55     avg: 7.6     median: 7.6 (4%)     max: 13.68 fps
specvp11 catia-03 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 5938     avg: 6768     median: 6705 (5%)     max: 8008 points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 32.58     avg: 32.8     median: 32.9 (12%)     max: 33.08 fps
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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 detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 1024x768
39.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
29.5  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
16.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
38.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
24.6  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
18.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
51.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
41.1  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
36.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
79.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
34.7  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
24.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
14.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Fifa 13

Fifa 13

2012
low 1024x768
188.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
126.5  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
96.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
57.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
58.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
38  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
32.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
76.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
51.1  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
43.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
37.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
23.2  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
17.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
8.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
44.2  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
32.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
19.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Anno 2070

Anno 2070

2011
low 1024x768
66.3 74.3 84.4 ~ 75 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
30.7 31.4 32.5 33.8 ~ 32 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
19.9 21 21.3 24.4 ~ 22 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
45 45.9 46.2 ~ 46 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
31.4 32 32.3 ~ 32 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
21 21.4 21.7 ~ 21 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
11 11.3 ~ 11 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
151  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
76  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
40  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
22  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
31.7 35.6 39.7 39.8 ~ 37 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
23.6 23.8 24 26 ~ 24 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
17.8 18.4 19.3 20.5 ~ 19 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
6.4 6.8 ~ 7 fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
45.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
34.9  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
26.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Fifa 12

Fifa 12

2011
low 800x600
96.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
63.9 110 ~ 87 fps    + Compare