HD Graphics (Skylake) vs Radeon R5 M330

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	928	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Gen. 9 Skylake (2015−2016)
GPU code name	Exo Pro DDR3	Skylake GT1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 May 2015 (9 years ago)	1 September 2015 (8 years ago)
Current price	no data	$390

Detailed specifications

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	12
Compute units	5	no data
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	800 MHz
Number of transistors	690 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	20.60	no data
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R5 M330 and HD Graphics (Skylake) 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	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	DDR3	DDR3L/LPDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

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 Connectors

No outputs

no data

Supported 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 compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12_1
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data
OpenCL	Not Listed	no data
Vulkan	+	no data
Mantle	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 May 2015	1 September 2015
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm

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