AMD Radeon R5 M315 vs AMD Radeon R7 M265DX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M315 and AMD Radeon R7 M265DX 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

AMD Radeon R5 M315

AMD Radeon R7 M265DX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M315

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 970 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 138

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 7 January 2014
Core clock speed	970 MHz vs 780 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	152 vs 138

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M265DX

Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 499 vs 474
4.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15678 vs 3573

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	499 vs 474
Geekbench - OpenCL	15678 vs 3573

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M315
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M265DX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

474

499

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

138

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3573

15678

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M315	AMD Radeon R7 M265DX
PassMark - G3D Mark	474	499
PassMark - G2D Mark	152	138
Geekbench - OpenCL	3573	15678
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	780
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2761
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2761

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M315	AMD Radeon R7 M265DX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Meso	Jet
Design	AMD Radeon R5 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	7 January 2014
Place in performance rating	1135	1136
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	970 MHz	780 MHz
Floating-point performance	745.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	23.28 GTexel / s
Transistor count	3,100 million	1,040 million
Boost clock speed		855 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	IGP
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore