AMD Radeon R5 M315 vs ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M315 and ATI Radeon 9700 PRO 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

ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M315

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 10 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 970 MHz vs 325 MHz
9x more texture fill rate: 23.28 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
Around 61% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 620 MHz
8.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 478 vs 54

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	970 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.28 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 620 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	478 vs 54

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 149 vs 143

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	149 vs 143

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M315
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

478

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

149

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M315	ATI Radeon 9700 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	478	54
PassMark - G2D Mark	143	149
Geekbench - OpenCL	3573
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	ATI Radeon 9700 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Rage 8
Code name	Meso	R300
Design	AMD Radeon R5 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1138	1135
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	970 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	745.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	23.28 GTexel / s	2.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	3,100 million	110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		Floppy
API support
DirectX	12	9.0
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	620 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore