Radeon R5 M315 vs GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
Aggregated performance score
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile outperforms Radeon R5 M315 by 2804% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 130 | 1005 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 92.12 | no data |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | GCN (2011−2017) |
| GPU code name | N17E-G3 | Meso LE (DDR3) |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 16 August 2016 (7 years ago) | 16 June 2015 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499.99 | no data |
| Current price | $230 (0.5x MSRP) | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2560 | 320 |
| CUDA cores | 2560 | no data |
| Compute units | no data | 5 |
| Core clock speed | 1607 MHz | 970 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1733 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 7,200 million | 1,550 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | no data |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 94 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 283.4 | 23.28 |
| Floating-point performance | 9,068 gflops | 745.0 gflops |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile and Radeon R5 M315 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| SLI options | + | no data |
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 type | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 10 GB/s | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 14.4 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI | No outputs |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| G-SYNC support | + | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| AppAcceleration | no data | - |
| Enduro | no data | - |
| HD3D | no data | + |
| PowerTune | no data | + |
| DualGraphics | no data | 1 |
| TrueAudio | no data | - |
| ZeroCore | no data | + |
| Switchable graphics | no data | 1 |
| GPU Boost | 3.0 | no data |
| VR Ready | + | no data |
| Ansel | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | DirectX® 12 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | Not Listed |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | no data |
| Mantle | no data | + |
| CUDA | + | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile outperforms Radeon R5 M315 by 2804% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile outperforms Radeon R5 M315 by 2225% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile outperforms Radeon R5 M315 by 2414% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.
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 HD | 115
+3733%
| 3−4
−3733%
|
| 1440p | 71
+3450%
| 2−3
−3450%
|
| 4K | 54
+5300%
| 1−2
−5300%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 60−65
+1450%
|
4−5
−1450%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 59
+2850%
|
2−3
−2850%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 78
+3800%
|
2−3
−3800%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 115
+3733%
|
3−4
−3733%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 133
+1378%
|
9−10
−1378%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 60−65
+1450%
|
4−5
−1450%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 91
+2933%
|
3−4
−2933%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 89
+2867%
|
3−4
−2867%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 108 | 0−1 |
| Hitman 3 | 110−120
+11200%
|
1−2
−11200%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 84
+8300%
|
1−2
−8300%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 91
+2933%
|
3−4
−2933%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 84
+1100%
|
7−8
−1100%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 77
+3750%
|
2−3
−3750%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 52
+5100%
|
1−2
−5100%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 68
+3300%
|
2−3
−3300%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 112
+3633%
|
3−4
−3633%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 110
+1122%
|
9−10
−1122%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 60−65
+1450%
|
4−5
−1450%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 117
+2825%
|
4−5
−2825%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 85
+4150%
|
2−3
−4150%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 106 | 0−1 |
| Hitman 3 | 110−120
+11200%
|
1−2
−11200%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 68
+6700%
|
1−2
−6700%
|
| Metro Exodus | 73
+3550%
|
2−3
−3550%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 51
+1600%
|
3−4
−1600%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 83
+1086%
|
7−8
−1086%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 142
+3450%
|
4−5
−3450%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 68
+3300%
|
2−3
−3300%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 53
+5200%
|
1−2
−5200%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 59
+2850%
|
2−3
−2850%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 102
+3300%
|
3−4
−3300%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 60−65
+1450%
|
4−5
−1450%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 108
+3500%
|
3−4
−3500%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 77
+3750%
|
2−3
−3750%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 102 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 74
+1750%
|
4−5
−1750%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 51
+5000%
|
1−2
−5000%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 74
+2367%
|
3−4
−2367%
|
| Hitman 3 | 65−70
+1525%
|
4−5
−1525%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 49
+513%
|
8−9
−513%
|
| Metro Exodus | 44
+4300%
|
1−2
−4300%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 32
+3100%
|
1−2
−3100%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 62
+1140%
|
5−6
−1140%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 42
+4100%
|
1−2
−4100%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 46
+4500%
|
1−2
−4500%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 86
+4200%
|
2−3
−4200%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 27−30
+2600%
|
1−2
−2600%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 74
+3600%
|
2−3
−3600%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 74
+3600%
|
2−3
−3600%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 87
+4250%
|
2−3
−4250%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 45−50
+2350%
|
2−3
−2350%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 37
+3600%
|
1−2
−3600%
|
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 40
+3900%
|
1−2
−3900%
|
| Hitman 3 | 35−40
+3400%
|
1−2
−3400%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 14
+100%
|
7−8
−100%
|
| Metro Exodus | 27 | 0−1 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 20 | 0−1 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 31
+3000%
|
1−2
−3000%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 51
+5000%
|
1−2
−5000%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 31 | 0−1 |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 27 | 0−1 |
| Battlefield 5 | 52
+5100%
|
1−2
−5100%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−12 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 40
+1233%
|
3−4
−1233%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 45
+800%
|
5−6
−800%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 61
+2950%
|
2−3
−2950%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 21 | 0−1 |
This is how GTX 1080 Mobile and R5 M315 compete in popular games:
- GTX 1080 Mobile is 3733% faster than R5 M315 in 1080p
- GTX 1080 Mobile is 3450% faster than R5 M315 in 1440p
- GTX 1080 Mobile is 5300% faster than R5 M315 in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Hitman 3, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 1080 Mobile is 11200% faster than the R5 M315.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, GTX 1080 Mobile surpassed R5 M315 in all 29 of our tests.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 35.72 | 1.23 |
| Recency | 16 August 2016 | 16 June 2015 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 28 nm |
The GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 M315 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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