Qualcomm Adreno 685 vs Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) and Qualcomm Adreno 685, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)
2014
0.99

Qualcomm Adreno 685 outperforms R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) by a whopping 114% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1152914
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data23.25
ArchitectureGCN 1.1 (2014)no data
GPU code nameBeemano data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date29 April 2014 (11 years ago)6 December 2018 (6 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores128no data
Boost clock speed850 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data7 Watt

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 bus width64 Bitno data
Shared memory++

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12

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.

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) 0.99
Qualcomm Adreno 685 2.12
+114%

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 Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) 764
Qualcomm Adreno 685 1927
+152%

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
−100%
12−14
+100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Escape from Tarkov 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Fortnite 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−83.3%
10−12
+83.3%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Valorant 30−35
−29%
40−45
+29%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 24−27
−72%
40−45
+72%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Dota 2 14−16
−53.3%
21−24
+53.3%
Escape from Tarkov 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Fortnite 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−83.3%
10−12
+83.3%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Valorant 30−35
−29%
40−45
+29%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Dota 2 14−16
−53.3%
21−24
+53.3%
Escape from Tarkov 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−83.3%
10−12
+83.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Valorant 30−35
−29%
40−45
+29%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 6−7
−150%
14−16
+150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−90.9%
21−24
+90.9%
Valorant 0−1 16−18

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 1−2
Escape from Tarkov 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−7.1%
14−16
+7.1%
Valorant 5−6
−120%
10−12
+120%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Escape from Tarkov 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) and Qualcomm Adreno 685 compete in popular games:

  • Qualcomm Adreno 685 is 100% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Fortnite, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Qualcomm Adreno 685 is 900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Qualcomm Adreno 685 performs better in 42 tests (79%)
  • there's a draw in 11 tests (21%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.99 2.12
Recency 29 April 2014 6 December 2018
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm

Qualcomm Adreno 685 has a 114.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Qualcomm Adreno 685 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) in performance tests.

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