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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

The AMD ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 is a middle class DirectX 11 graphics card for laptops. Its based on the Madison (LE, LP or Pro) chip and is produced in 40nm. Like its predecessor, the Mobility Radeon 4650, the HD 5650 features a 128 Bit memory bus for dedicated DDR3 and GDDR3 memory chips. GDDR5 is  not supported on the HD 5650 (only in the higher clocked versions like the 5750 or 5770 cards based on the same chip).

In our benchmarks with the HD 5650, the GPU is performing on a level with the previous Mobility Radeon HD 4670 or the Nvidia GeForce GTS 250M (with DDR3 graphics memory). This means the performance is sufficient for high details in nearly all DirectX 10 games (only Crysis and GTA4 are not fluently playable in high details - see gaming list below). Upcoming and current DirectX 11 games (like DIRT2) may not run in full detail settings. That means some of the new DirectX 11 features (Tesselation e.g.) may not run fluently on this gaming graphics adapter. Currently the HD 5650 is a good gaming pick for well priced laptops with a 15 inch screen and a resolution of about 1366x768.

The Mobility HD 5650 supports Avivo HD to accelerate HD videos using the graphics card. The improved UVD2 processor in the DirectX11 models of the Radeon HD 5000 series is able to decode up to two streams in parallel (if the card offers enough memory bandwidth). It is not clear if the HD 5650 using (G)DDR3 offers enough bandwidth for this task. 

Another novelty of the HD 5650 is the possibility to transport HD Audio formats (8-channel Dolby True HD, DTS Master) over the HDMI port.

Thanks to Eyevision, up to 6 monitors can be used with the HD 5650 in 3D and 2D applications (if the laptop features DisplayPort outputs). In most laptops this is not the case, and therefore only 2 monitors are supported at a time.

The power consumption should be (due to the modern 40nm process in 2009) relatively low and according to rumors about 10-15 Watt.

Compared to desktop graphics cards, the Mobilty 5650 is similar to a ATI Radeon 5570 with lower core clock speeds and slower memory speeds (the desktop 5570 is similar to the Mobility 5770).

Mobility Radeon HD 5600/5700 Series

Mobility Radeon HD 5770 compare 400 @ 0.65 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Mobility Radeon HD 5750 compare 400 @ 0.55 GHz128 Bit @ 1600 MHz
Mobility Radeon HD 5730 compare 400 @ 0.65 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Mobility Radeon HD 5650 400 @ 0.45 - 0.65 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
CodenameMadison Pro
ArchitectureTerascale 2
Pipelines400 - unified
Core Speed450 - 650 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed800 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3, DDR3
Max. Amount of Memory1024 MB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Power Consumption15-19 Watt
Transistor Count627 Million
technology40 nm
FeaturesEyfinity (up to 6 monitors), Avivo HD (UVD2), 8-channel HD Audio over HDMI
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement07.01.2010
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://www.amd.com/us/products/notebook/...

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
3.2 pt (3%)
AMD Radeon HD 8180
0.88 -72%
...
Qualcomm Adreno 690
2.93 -8%
AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
2.97 -7%
AMD Radeon R5 M335
2.98 -7%
NVIDIA NVS 5200M
2.98 -7%
AMD Radeon R5 M430
2.99 -6%
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
3.09 -3%
AMD Radeon R5 M255
3.13 -2%
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
3.18 0%
Intel HD Graphics 615
3.18 0%
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
3.19
AMD Radeon R7 M370
3.2 0%
AMD Radeon R5 M240
3.2 0%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
3.21 1%
AMD Radeon R5 (Carrizo)
3.21 1%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
3.22 1%
AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)
3.22 1%
AMD Radeon R7 M340
3.23 1%
AMD Radeon R7 M260
3.24 2%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M
3.25 2%
...
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU
68.2 2038%
0%
100%
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
4341 Points (5%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
6036 Points (2%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
706 Points (0%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
730 Points (1%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
54809 Points (7%)
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 886     avg: 955     median: 955 (1%)     max: 1024 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 789     avg: 856     median: 855.5 (1%)     max: 922 Points
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3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 2756     avg: 3168     median: 3188 (1%)     max: 3566 Points
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3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 2295     avg: 2711     median: 2745 (2%)     max: 3015 Points
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3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 20401     avg: 26266     median: 26832 (28%)     max: 28575 Points
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3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 18106     avg: 19968     median: 20076 (10%)     max: 21342 Points
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3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 9778     avg: 12418     median: 12392.5 (14%)     max: 13911 Points
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings +
3DMark 06
min: 7210     avg: 7304     median: 7308 (10%)     max: 7394 points
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3DMark 06 - Standard 1366x768 +
3DMark 06
6556 Points (9%)
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3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 5816     avg: 6460     median: 6469 (9%)     max: 7082 Points
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3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800 +
3DMark 06
7870 Points (11%)
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3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x768 +
3DMark 06
min: 6584     avg: 7078     median: 7132 (10%)     max: 7425 Points
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Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
9.9 fps (3%)
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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
min: 9.3     avg: 10.1     median: 10 (2%)     max: 10.9 fps
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SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
4.6 fps (3%)
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specvp11 tcvis-02 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
2.8 fps (5%)
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specvp11 sw-02 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
11.1 fps (13%)
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specvp11 proe-05 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
1.4 fps (6%)
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specvp11 maya-03 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
4.1 fps (3%)
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specvp11 lightwave-01 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
11.2 fps (12%)
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specvp11 ensight-04 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
8.3 fps (4%)
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specvp11 catia-03 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
3.7 fps (4%)
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Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
min: 6.7     avg: 6.7     median: 6.7 (85%)     max: 6.9 Points
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Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
min: 6.7     avg: 6.7     median: 6.7 (85%)     max: 6.9 Points
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Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 3332     avg: 4718     median: 4846.5 (3%)     max: 6011 points
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Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 13.05     avg: 20.9     median: 20.8 (8%)     max: 29.58 fps
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* 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.

Dead Space 3

Dead Space 3

2013
low 1024x768
106  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
44.4  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
34  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
19.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3

2012
low 1024x768
38.5  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
21.8  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
13.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
4.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Assassin´s Creed III

Assassin´s Creed III

2012
med. 1366x768
23.4  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
20.4  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
5.1  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Hitman: Absolution

Hitman: Absolution

2012
low 1024x768
28.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
24.6  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
10.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
4.6  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

2012
low 1024x768
57.4