AMD Radeon R5 M255 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M255 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M255

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 940 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 2.5x more texture fill rate: 22.56 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
  • 2x better floating-point performance: 721.9 gflops vs 360.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 541 vs 444
  • Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4720 vs 3776
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3340
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3340
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 October 2014 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed 925 MHz vs 450 MHz
Boost clock speed 940 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 22.56 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 721.9 gflops vs 360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 541 vs 444
Geekbench - OpenCL 4720 vs 3776
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 400 vs 320
  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 149 vs 133
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 400 vs 320
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 149 vs 133

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M255
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
541
444
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
133
149
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4720
3776
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3340
Name AMD Radeon R5 M255 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
PassMark - G3D Mark 541 444
PassMark - G2D Mark 133 149
Geekbench - OpenCL 4720 3776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 166.596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 20.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 66.631
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1459
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1459
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 M255 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Topaz Madison
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date 12 October 2014 7 January 2010
Place in performance rating 1365 1362
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 940 MHz 650 MHz
Compute units 5
Core clock speed 925 MHz 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 721.9 gflops 360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 320 400
Texture fill rate 22.56 GTexel / s 9 GTexel / s
Transistor count 3,100 million 627 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11 11.2 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
HD3D
Powerplay
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore