Radeon R4 Mobile Graphics vs R5 Mobile Graphics

General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameSpectre SLSpectre SL
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date17 September 2014 (9 years ago)17 September 2014 (9 years ago)
Current price$475 $315

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 cores256192
Core clock speed626 MHz533 MHz
Boost clock speed847 MHz655 MHz
Number of transistors2,410 million2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt17 Watt
Texture fill rate10.026.396

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R5 Mobile Graphics and Radeon R4 Mobile Graphics 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.

InterfaceIGPIGP

Memory

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

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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.5 (6.0)6.0
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.12.0
Vulkan1.2.1701.2.131

Advantages and disadvantages


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