HD Graphics 6000 vs Radeon R5 Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated858
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data10.05
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)
GPU code nameSpectre SLBroadwell GT3
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 September 2014 (10 years ago)5 September 2014 (10 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 speed497 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed720 MHz950 MHz
Number of transistors2,410 million189 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate7.95245.60
Floating-point processing power0.2545 TFLOPS0.7296 TFLOPS
ROPs46
TMUs1648

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).

InterfaceIGPRing Bus
WidthIGPno data

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 typeSystem SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
Shared memoryno data+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.05.1
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.131+

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

HD Graphics 6000 has a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 Graphics and HD Graphics 6000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R5 Graphics is a desktop card while HD Graphics 6000 is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
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