Radeon R5 M315 vs HD 6950M

Place in performance ranking	686	1011
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.51	no data
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Blackcomb Pro	Meso LE (DDR3)
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	16 June 2015 (9 years ago)
Current price	$338	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	960	320
Compute units	no data	5
Core clock speed	580 MHz	970 MHz
Number of transistors	1,700 million	1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	27.84	23.28
Floating-point performance	1,113.6 gflops	745.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6950M 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	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 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 type	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	115.2 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

No outputs

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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	5.0	6.0
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	Not Listed
Vulkan	N/A	no data
Mantle	no data	+

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7
+100%

3−4

−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +400%	3−4 −400%
Hitman 3	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +50%	14−16 −50%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 +63.6%	10−12 −63.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +400%	3−4 −400%
Hitman 3	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +50%	14−16 −50%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 +63.6%	10−12 −63.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +400%	3−4 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +50%	14−16 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 +63.6%	10−12 −63.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
+350%

2−3

−350%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Hitman 3	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
+75%

4−5

−75%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1