Radeon R7 M265DX vs R5 (Carrizo)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Carrizo) and Radeon R7 M265DX, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R5 (Carrizo)
2015
12 Watt
1.69
+42%

R5 (Carrizo) outperforms R7 M265DX by a considerable 42% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking9841096
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.71no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameCarrizoTopaz
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2015 (10 years ago)12 October 2014 (11 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 cores256384
Core clock speedno data925 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz940 MHz
Number of transistors2410 Million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Wattno data
Texture fill rateno data22.56
Floating-point processing powerno data0.7219 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data24
L1 Cacheno data96 KB
L2 Cacheno data256 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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataIGP

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 dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width64/128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
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

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

Counter-Strike 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Fortnite 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Valorant 35−40
+54.2%
24−27
−54.2%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
+50%
24−27
−50%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Dota 2 20−22
+42.9%
14−16
−42.9%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Fortnite 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Valorant 35−40
+54.2%
24−27
−54.2%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Dota 2 20−22
+42.9%
14−16
−42.9%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Valorant 35−40
+54.2%
24−27
−54.2%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
+70%
10−11
−70%
Valorant 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Hogwarts Legacy 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Valorant 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.69 1.19
Recency 4 June 2015 12 October 2014

R5 (Carrizo) has a 42% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 7 months.

The Radeon R5 (Carrizo) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 M265DX in performance tests.

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