Radeon Sky 500 vs R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) with Radeon Sky 500, including specs and performance data.
Sky 500 outperforms R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) by a whopping 1040% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1159 | 458 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 5.79 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.1 (2014) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Beema | Pitcairn |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 29 April 2014 (11 years ago) | 27 March 2013 (12 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 cores | 128 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 950 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 850 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 2,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 76.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 2.432 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 32 |
| TMUs | no data | 80 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 320 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 512 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).
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 242 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
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 | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 154 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 | 1x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | no data | 1 |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
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 HD | 6
−983%
| 65−70
+983%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−950%
|
21−24
+950%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
−983%
|
65−70
+983%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−950%
|
21−24
+950%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−900%
|
10−11
+900%
|
| Fortnite | 1−2
−900%
|
10−11
+900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
−983%
|
65−70
+983%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 1−2
−900%
|
10−11
+900%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
−983%
|
65−70
+983%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−1011%
|
100−105
+1011%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−1029%
|
350−400
+1029%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 24−27
−1020%
|
280−290
+1020%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−950%
|
21−24
+950%
|
| Dota 2 | 14−16
−1033%
|
170−180
+1033%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−900%
|
10−11
+900%
|
| Fortnite | 1−2
−900%
|
10−11
+900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
−983%
|
65−70
+983%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 1−2
−900%
|
10−11
+900%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
−983%
|
65−70
+983%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
−900%
|
10−11
+900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−1011%
|
100−105
+1011%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−983%
|
65−70
+983%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−1029%
|
350−400
+1029%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−950%
|
21−24
+950%
|
| Dota 2 | 14−16
−1033%
|
170−180
+1033%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−900%
|
10−11
+900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
−983%
|
65−70
+983%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
−983%
|
65−70
+983%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−1011%
|
100−105
+1011%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−983%
|
65−70
+983%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−1029%
|
350−400
+1029%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 1−2
−900%
|
10−11
+900%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 4−5
−1025%
|
45−50
+1025%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 6−7
−983%
|
65−70
+983%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−12
−991%
|
120−130
+991%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−900%
|
10−11
+900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−900%
|
30−33
+900%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 1−2
−900%
|
10−11
+900%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
−950%
|
21−24
+950%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 1−2
−900%
|
10−11
+900%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−971%
|
150−160
+971%
|
| Valorant | 5−6
−1000%
|
55−60
+1000%
|
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−950%
|
21−24
+950%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−950%
|
21−24
+950%
|
This is how R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) and Sky 500 compete in popular games:
- Sky 500 is 983% faster in 1080p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.99 | 11.29 |
| Recency | 29 April 2014 | 27 March 2013 |
R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) has an age advantage of 1 year.
Sky 500, on the other hand, has a 1040.4% higher aggregate performance score.
The Radeon Sky 500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Sky 500 is a workstation one.
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