Radeon Graphics 384SP Mobile vs R5 M255

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1064not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTopazRenoir
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 October 2014 (11 years ago)6 January 2020 (5 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 cores384384
Compute units5no data
Core clock speed925 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed940 MHz1500 MHz
Number of transistors1,550 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate22.5636.00
Floating-point processing power0.7219 TFLOPS1.152 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs2424
L1 Cache96 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KBno data

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 supportPCIe 3.0 x8no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8IGP

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 typeDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth16 GB/sno data
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 outputsNo outputs
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Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+-
HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
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ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed2.1
Vulkan-1.3
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2014 6 January 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm

Graphics 384SP Mobile has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

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