Radeon R5 M315 vs R6 (Carrizo)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R6 (Carrizo) and Radeon R5 M315, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R6 (Carrizo)
2015
12 Watt
1.38
+15%

R6 (Carrizo) outperforms R5 M315 by a moderate 15% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking10661118
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.07no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameCarrizoMeso
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2015 (11 years ago)5 May 2015 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384384
Compute unitsno data5
Core clock speedno data970 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors2410 Million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Wattno data
Texture fill rateno data23.28
Floating-point processing powerno data0.745 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data24
L1 Cacheno data96 KB
L2 Cacheno data128 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

HD3D-+
PowerTune-+
DualGraphics-+
ZeroCore-+
Switchable graphics-+

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)DirectX® 12
Shader Modelno data6.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno dataNot Listed
Mantle-+

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

R6 (Carrizo) 1.38
+15%
R5 M315 1.20

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R6 (Carrizo) 909
R5 M315 920
+1.2%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R6 (Carrizo) 4717
R5 M315 5040
+6.8%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD119−10
−18.2%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+20%
5−6
Resident Evil 4 Remake 0−1 0−1

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
Far Cry 5 2−3 2−3
Fortnite 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+20%
5−6
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
Valorant 35−40
+5.9%
30−35

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 31
+10.7%
27−30
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
Dota 2 16−18
+6.3%
16−18
Far Cry 5 2−3 2−3
Fortnite 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
Grand Theft Auto V 1−2 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+20%
5−6
Metro Exodus 2−3
+100%
1−2
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5 7−8
+40%
Valorant 35−40
+5.9%
30−35

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
Dota 2 16−18
+6.3%
16−18
Far Cry 5 2−3 2−3
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+20%
5−6
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8 7−8
Valorant 35−40
+5.9%
30−35

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 5−6
+66.7%
3−4

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 3−4 3−4
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+16.7%
12−14
Valorant 10−11
+25%
8−9

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 3−4
Hogwarts Legacy 1−2 1−2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3 2−3

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 2−3 2−3

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16 14−16
Valorant 8−9 8−9

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 1−2 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3 2−3

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3 2−3

This is how R6 (Carrizo) and R5 M315 compete in popular games:

  • R6 (Carrizo) is 22% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R6 (Carrizo) is 100% faster.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the R5 M315 is 40% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R6 (Carrizo) performs better in 30 tests (68%)
  • R5 M315 performs better in 1 test (2%)
  • there's a draw in 13 tests (30%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.38 1.20

R6 (Carrizo) has a 15% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon R6 (Carrizo) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 M315 in performance tests.

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