AMD Radeon R5 M315 vs NVIDIA GeForce2 MX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M315 and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 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

NVIDIA GeForce2 MX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M315

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 10 month(s) later
5.5x more core clock speed: 970 MHz vs 175 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 180 nm
128x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 32 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 166 MHz
159.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 478 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 28 June 2000
Core clock speed	970 MHz vs 175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 166 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	478 vs 3

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX

30.1x more texture fill rate: 700 MTexel / s vs 23.28 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	700 MTexel / s vs 23.28 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M315
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

478

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M315	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
PassMark - G3D Mark	478	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	143	143
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	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Celsius
Code name	Meso	NV11 A2
Design	AMD Radeon R5 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	28 June 2000
Place in performance rating	1156	1154
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	970 MHz	175 MHz
Floating-point performance	745.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	23.28 GTexel / s	700 MTexel / s
Transistor count	3,100 million	20 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	7.0
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	166 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	SDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore