
AMD Radeon HD 8650G + HD 8570M Dual Graphics

The AMD Radeon HD 8650G + HD 8570M Dual Graphics is the combination of an integrated AMD Radeon HD 8650G APU processor graphics card and a dedicated entry level AMD Radeon HD 8570M graphics card in CrossFire combination. It is called AMD Dual Graphics or asymmetric CrossFire and uses AFR (Alternate Frame Rendering) to render different frames on the two graphic cores. Therefore the combination also suffers from micro stuttering (different spaces between two images lead to stuttering altough the framerate is high enough for fluent gaming with only one GPU).
The performance of the Dual Graphics solution depends greatly on the driver support for the used games. In some games the performance may even degrade slightly compared to using only the dedicated graphics card. Only in best case scenarios (mainly synthetic 3D benchmarks) the performance of a GT 640M is possible. Therefore, due to the micro stuttering and performance problems, Dual Graphics may impose more problems than bring performance gains.
The features like PureVideo HD (UVD3) or OpenCL support are similar to the two graphics cards.
As both graphics cards are rendering frames, the power consumption is clearly higher than using only one GPU.
Radeon HD 8500M Series
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| Pipelines | 768 - unified | |||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 720 / 650 MHz | |||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 1800 - 2000 MHz | |||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 64 Bit | |||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | DDR3 | |||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | |||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Man. Technology | 28 nm | |||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | medium sized | |||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 01.08.2013 | |||||||||||||||
Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
* 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.

Thief
2014
X-Plane 10.25
2013
Call of Duty: Ghosts
2013
Battlefield 4
2013
F1 2013
2013
Fifa 14
2013
Total War: Rome II
2013
Saints Row IV
2013
Company of Heroes 2
2013
Metro: Last Light
2013
BioShock Infinite
2013
SimCity
2013
Tomb Raider
2013
Crysis 3
2013
Dead Space 3
2013
Far Cry 3
2012
Hitman: Absolution
2012
Borderlands 2
2012
Counter-Strike: GO
2012
Sleeping Dogs
2012
Diablo III
2012
Anno 2070
2011
Battlefield 3
2011| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thief | 14 | 11.6 | 9.6 | |||
| X-Plane 10.25 | 37.5 | 19.2 | 8.6 | |||
| Need for Speed: Rivals | 18.8 | 18.2 | 14.7 | |||
| Call of Duty: Ghosts | 24.8 | 23.6 | 12.7 | |||
| Battlefield 4 | 35.1 | 24.5 | 15.8 | |||
| Batman: Arkham Origins | 42 | 24 | 15 | |||
| F1 2013 | 28 | 19 | 18 | 14 | ||
| Fifa 14 | 109.3 | 69.2 | 67.7 | 57.2 | ||
| Total War: Rome II | 25.8 | 18 | 14.4 | 3.1 | ||
| Saints Row IV | 10.6 | 8.9 | 7 | 5.9 | ||
| The Bureau: XCOM Declassified | 31.6 | 22.7 | 13.6 | 8.8 | ||
| Splinter Cell: Blacklist | 35.4 | 24.2 | 10.5 | |||
| Dota 2 | 29 | 19 | 14.1 | |||
| Company of Heroes 2 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 3.4 | ||
| GRID 2 | 47 | 31.4 | ||||
| Metro: Last Light | 15.9 | 14.1 | 9.5 | 5.6 | ||
| BioShock Infinite | 41 | 26 | 21 | 6.9 | ||
| StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | 47.4 | 25.5 | ||||
| SimCity | 34.2 | 20.1 | 15.2 | 7.8 | ||
| Tomb Raider | 65 | 35 | 23 | 17.2 | ||
| Crysis 3 | 20.4 | 14.6 | 10.5 | 3.2 | ||
| Dead Space 3 | 66 | 36 | 30 | 19.7 | ||
| Far Cry 3 | 22.9 | 17.5 | 11.8 | 3.9 | ||
| Hitman: Absolution | 13.4 | 12 | 9.4 | 8.1 | ||
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 | 45.7 | 39.1 | 20.8 | 13.1 | ||
| Borderlands 2 | 24.6 | 24.5 | 21.1 | 14.4 | ||
| Counter-Strike: GO | 48.1 | 43.7 | 37.3 | 30.8 | ||
| Sleeping Dogs | 24.3 | 16.5 | 13.2 | 8.2 | ||
| Diablo III | 75.9 | 49.9 | 43.6 | 29 | ||
| Anno 2070 | 82.4 | 36.2 | 22.4 | 10.4 | ||
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | 27.7 | 23.4 | 17.8 | 11.5 | ||
| Battlefield 3 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 10.9 | ||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 16 9 5 | 23 8 1 | 26 4 1 | 21 2 | | |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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