Playstation 4 Slim GPU vs Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1140 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.1 (2014) | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) |
| GPU code name | Beema | Liverpool 16nm |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 29 April 2014 (11 years ago) | 7 September 2016 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $399 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 128 | 1152 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 800 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 850 MHz | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 57.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 1.843 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 32 |
| TMUs | no data | 72 |
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).
| Interface | no data | IGP |
| Length | no data | 288 mm |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | no data | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 176.0 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 Connectors | no data | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | 11.1* |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 29 April 2014 | 7 September 2016 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 16 nm |
Playstation 4 Slim GPU has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) and Playstation 4 Slim GPU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) is a notebook graphics card while Playstation 4 Slim GPU is a desktop one.
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