UHD Graphics vs Radeon R7 Graphics

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated604
Place by popularitynot in top-1007
Power efficiencyno data38.32
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code nameSpectreJasper Lake GT1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date11 January 2014 (10 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 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 cores512256
Core clock speed720 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHz750 MHz
Number of transistors2,410 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm+
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate31.3612.00
Floating-point processing power1.004 TFLOPS0.384 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs3216

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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.06.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2014 11 January 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 10 Watt

UHD Graphics has an age advantage of 7 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 Graphics and UHD Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 Graphics is a desktop card while UHD Graphics is a notebook one.


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