Intel HD Graphics 515 vs AMD Radeon R7 Graphics

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 515 and AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 515

  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 200 MHz
  • Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 950 MHz vs 758 MHz
  • 1385.2x more texture fill rate: 22.80 GTexel/s vs 16.46 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 13.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 455 vs 33.5
  • 26x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 881 vs 33.9
  • 27.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1657 vs 60
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 300 MHz vs 200 MHz
Boost clock speed 950 MHz vs 758 MHz
Texture fill rate 22.80 GTexel/s vs 16.46 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 455 vs 33.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 881 vs 33.9
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1657 vs 60

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • 16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
  • 7.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 22612 vs 2847
  • 4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1979 vs 455
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2101 vs 881
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 1657
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 May 2016 vs 1 September 2015
Pipelines 384 vs 24
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 22612 vs 2847
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1979 vs 455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2101 vs 881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 1657

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 515
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 Graphics

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2847
22612
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
455
1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
455
33.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
881
2101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
881
33.9
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1657
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1657
60
Name Intel HD Graphics 515 AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
PassMark - G2D Mark 191
PassMark - G3D Mark 636
Geekbench - OpenCL 2847 22612
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 455 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 455 33.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 881 2101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 881 33.9
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1657 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1657 60
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 206.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 85.46
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1457

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 515 AMD Radeon R7 Graphics

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Skylake GT2 Wani
Launch date 1 September 2015 31 May 2016
Place in performance rating 1432 1433
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 950 MHz 758 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 91.20 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 729.6 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 364.8 GFLOPS
Pipelines 24 384
Pixel fill rate 2.850 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 22.80 GTexel/s 16.46 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Floating-point performance 526.8 gflops
Transistor count 2,410 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 IGP

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 System Shared
Shared memory Yes

Technologies

Quick Sync