Radeon R5 M315 vs UHD Graphics 620

Place in performance ranking	774	1005
Place by popularity	18	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.75	no data
Architecture	Gen. 9.5 (2017)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Kaby-Lake-Refresh GT2	Meso LE (DDR3)
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 September 2017 (6 years ago)	16 June 2015 (8 years ago)
Current price	$706	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	24	320
Compute units	no data	5
Core clock speed	300 MHz	970 MHz
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	189 million	1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	27.60	23.28
Floating-point performance	no data	745.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on UHD Graphics 620 and Radeon R5 M315 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	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x8

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	LPDDR3/DDR4	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	14.4 GB/s
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

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	no data	1
TrueAudio	no data	-
ZeroCore	no data	+
Switchable graphics	no data	1
Quick Sync	+	no data

API compatibility

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

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

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. 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.

UHD Graphics 620 2.66
+116%

R5 M315 1.23

UHD Graphics 620 outperforms Radeon R5 M315 by 116% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of 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%

UHD Graphics 620 1030
+116%

R5 M315 477

UHD Graphics 620 outperforms Radeon R5 M315 by 116% in Passmark.

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

Benchmark coverage: 14%

UHD Graphics 620 1168
+27%

R5 M315 920

UHD Graphics 620 outperforms Radeon R5 M315 by 27% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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: 14%

UHD Graphics 620 9324
+85%

R5 M315 5040

UHD Graphics 620 outperforms Radeon R5 M315 by 85% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD	13 +117%	6−7 −117%
1440p	16 +129%	7−8 −129%
4K	8 +167%	3−4 −167%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6
+50%

4−5

−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8 +167%	3−4 −167%
Battlefield 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	7 +133%	3−4 −133%
Far Cry New Dawn	6 +200%	2−3 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	12	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Battlefield 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	6 +200%	2−3 −200%
Far Cry New Dawn	5 +150%	2−3 −150%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Metro Exodus	4 +100%	2−3 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 +50%	4−5 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Battlefield 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	6 +200%	2−3 −200%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Hitman 3	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%

This is how UHD Graphics 620 and R5 M315 compete in popular games:

UHD Graphics 620 is 117% faster than R5 M315 in 1080p
UHD Graphics 620 is 129% faster than R5 M315 in 1440p
UHD Graphics 620 is 167% faster than R5 M315 in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Hitman 3, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the UHD Graphics 620 is 400% faster than the R5 M315.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the R5 M315 is 33.3% faster than the UHD Graphics 620.

All in all, in popular games: