Place in performance rating	915	934
Value for money	no data	0.68
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Gen. 9 Apollo Lake (2016−2017)
GPU code name	Meso LE (DDR3)	Gemini Lake
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	16 June 2015 (7 years old)	11 December 2017 (5 years old)
Current price	no data	$458

Value for money

To calculate the index we compare the characteristics of graphics cards against their prices.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	320	18
Compute units	5	no data
Core clock speed	970 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	750 MHz
Number of transistors	1,550 million	189 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	no data	5 Watt
Texture fill rate	23.28	14.40
Floating-point performance	745.0 gflops	no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on Radeon R5 M315 and UHD Graphics 605 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x1

Memory

Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	DDR4 / LPDDR4
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors

No outputs

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	no data
Enduro	-	no data
HD3D	+	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
DualGraphics	1	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
Quick Sync	no data	+

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	Not Listed	2.1
Vulkan	no data	1.1.103
Mantle	+	no data

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R5 M315 1.20
+3.4%

UHD Graphics 605 1.16

Passmark
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R5 M315 469
+3.5%

UHD Graphics 605 453

Radeon R5 M315 outperforms UHD Graphics 605 by 4% in Passmark.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

R5 M315 5040
+50%

UHD Graphics 605 3360

Radeon R5 M315 outperforms UHD Graphics 605 by 50% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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 seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

R5 M315 920
+103%

UHD Graphics 605 454

Radeon R5 M315 outperforms UHD Graphics 605 by 103% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	no data	12
1440p	no data	24
4K	no data	15

Popular games

Full HD
Low Preset
Full HD
Medium Preset
Full HD
High Preset
Full HD
Ultra Preset
1440p
High Preset
1440p
Ultra Preset
4K
High Preset
4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1 −100%

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance rating	1.20	1.16
Recency	16 June 2015	11 December 2017
Pipelines / CUDA cores	320	18
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm

Technical City couldn't decide between

Radeon R5 M315

and

UHD Graphics 605

The differences in performance seem too small.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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Radeon R5 M315

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Competitors of Radeon R5 M315 by NVIDIA

According to our data, the nearest equivalent to Radeon R5 M315 by NVIDIA is GeForce GT 720M, which is slower by 1% and lower by 3 positions in our rating.