AMD Radeon R5 M315 vs NVIDIA GeForce 920M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M315 and NVIDIA GeForce 920M 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), 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 M315

NVIDIA GeForce 920M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M315

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 970 MHz vs 954 MHz
Around 88% higher texture fill rate: 23.28 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
2.5x better floating-point performance: 745.0 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 143 vs 119

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	970 MHz vs 954 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.28 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	745.0 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	143 vs 119

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920M

Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 716 vs 478
Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3722 vs 3573
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1598 vs 780
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1598 vs 780
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3636 vs 2761
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3636 vs 2761

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	716 vs 478
Geekbench - OpenCL	3722 vs 3573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1598 vs 780
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1598 vs 780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3636 vs 2761
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3636 vs 2761

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M315
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 920M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

478

716

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

119

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3573

3722

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

780

1598

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

780

1598

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2761

3636

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2761

3636

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M315	NVIDIA GeForce 920M
PassMark - G3D Mark	478	716
PassMark - G2D Mark	143	119
Geekbench - OpenCL	3573	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	780	1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	780	1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2761	3636
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2761	3636
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		157.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		15.374
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		40.443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		326

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M315	NVIDIA GeForce 920M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler 2.0
Code name	Meso	GK208B
Design	AMD Radeon R5 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	1138	1297
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	970 MHz	954 MHz
Floating-point performance	745.0 gflops	297.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	384
Texture fill rate	23.28 GTexel / s	12.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	3,100 million	585 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		33 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers