Radeon 620 vs R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) and Radeon 620, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)
2014
0.99

620 outperforms R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) by a whopping 130% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1161905
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data3.51
ArchitectureGCN 1.1 (2014)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameBeemaPolaris 24
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date29 April 2014 (11 years ago)13 May 2019 (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 cores128384
Core clock speedno data730 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHz1024 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data24.58
Floating-point processing powerno data0.7864 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data24
L1 Cacheno data96 KB
L2 Cacheno data128 KB

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.3
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131

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
Radeon 620 2.28
+130%

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.

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) 539
Radeon 620 1730
+221%

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
−150%
5−6
+150%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Fortnite 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Valorant 30−35
−32.3%
40−45
+32.3%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 24−27
−84%
45−50
+84%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Dota 2 14−16
−60%
24−27
+60%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Fortnite 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
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
−50%
9−10
+50%
Valorant 30−35
−32.3%
40−45
+32.3%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Dota 2 14−16
−60%
24−27
+60%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Valorant 30−35
−32.3%
40−45
+32.3%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 6−7
−183%
16−18
+183%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−100%
21−24
+100%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
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%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

1440p
High

Valorant 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 6−7
+0%
6−7
+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 Radeon 620 compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 620 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 Radeon 620 is 1000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Radeon 620 performs better in 38 tests (76%)
  • there's a draw in 12 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.99 2.28
Recency 29 April 2014 13 May 2019

Radeon 620 has a 130.3% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 5 years.

The Radeon 620 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) in performance tests.

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