Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) vs AMD Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)

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Combined performance score

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)
1.07
+28.9%

Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) outperforms HD Graphics (Haswell) by 29% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking10471098
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.01
ArchitectureGCN 1.1 (2014)Gen. 7.5 Haswell (2012−2013)
GPU code nameBeemaHaswell GT1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date29 April 2014 (9 years old)1 October 2012 (11 years old)
Current priceno data$273
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores12810
Core clock speedno data200 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHz1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology28 nm22 nm

Memory

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 bus width64 Bit64/128 Bit
Shared memory++

API support

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)11.1

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.

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) 1.07
+28.9%
HD Graphics (Haswell) 0.83

Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) outperforms HD Graphics (Haswell) by 29% in our combined benchmark results.


3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) 2698
+24.7%
HD Graphics (Haswell) 2163

Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) outperforms HD Graphics (Haswell) by 25% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) 764
+57.9%
HD Graphics (Haswell) 484

Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) outperforms HD Graphics (Haswell) by 58% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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%

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) 539
+48.7%
HD Graphics (Haswell) 363

Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) outperforms HD Graphics (Haswell) by 49% 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%

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) 3317
+1.2%
HD Graphics (Haswell) 3278

Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) outperforms HD Graphics (Haswell) by 1% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) 36807
HD Graphics (Haswell) 43493
+18.2%

HD Graphics (Haswell) outperforms Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) by 18% in 3DMark Ice Storm 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 HD6
+0%
6
+0%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Hitman 3 1−2 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Hitman 3 1−2 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2 0−1
Metro Exodus 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+33.3%
3
−33.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Hitman 3 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Hitman 3 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

This is how R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) and HD Graphics (Haswell) compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • HD Graphics (Haswell) is 0% faster than R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)

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

  • in Far Cry 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) is 100% faster than the HD Graphics (Haswell).

All in all, in popular games:

  • R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) is ahead in 6 tests (24%)
  • there's a draw in 19 tests (76%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.07 0.83
Recency 29 April 2014 1 October 2012
Chip lithography 28 nm 22 nm

The Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Haswell) in performance tests.


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