Radeon R2 Graphics vs UHD Graphics 600

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1126not rated
Place by popularity50not in top-100
Power efficiency12.09no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.5 (2016−2020)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGemini Lake GT1Beema
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date11 December 2017 (6 years ago)27 February 2015 (9 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 cores96128
Core clock speed200 MHz351 MHz
Boost clock speed650 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million930 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)5 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate7.8002.808
Floating-point processing power0.1248 TFLOPS0.08986 TFLOPS
ROPs24
TMUs128

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).

InterfaceRing BusIGP
Widthno dataIGP

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 memory+no 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.0
Vulkan+1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2017 27 February 2015
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 5 Watt 15 Watt

UHD Graphics 600 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between UHD Graphics 600 and Radeon R2 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that UHD Graphics 600 is a notebook card while Radeon R2 Graphics is a desktop one.


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Intel UHD Graphics 600
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