Intel HD Graphics 515 vs AMD Radeon R7 M340

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 515 and AMD Radeon R7 M340 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).

Intel HD Graphics 515

AMD Radeon R7 M340

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 515

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
1328.7x more texture fill rate: 22.80 GTexel/s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 190 vs 153

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 5 May 2015
Texture fill rate	22.80 GTexel/s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	190 vs 153

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M340

3.1x more core clock speed: 943 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1021 MHz vs 950 MHz
13.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 24
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 662 vs 633
Around 81% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5203 vs 2868
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1550 vs 455
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1550 vs 455
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1732 vs 881
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1732 vs 881
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1668 vs 1657
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1668 vs 1657

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	943 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1021 MHz vs 950 MHz
Pipelines	320 vs 24
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	662 vs 633
Geekbench - OpenCL	5203 vs 2868
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1550 vs 455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1550 vs 455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1732 vs 881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1732 vs 881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1668 vs 1657
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1668 vs 1657

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 515
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M340

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

190

153

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

633

662

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2868

5203

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

455

1550

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

455

1550

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

881

1732

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

881

1732

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1657

1668

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1657

1668

Name	Intel HD Graphics 515	AMD Radeon R7 M340
PassMark - G2D Mark	190	153
PassMark - G3D Mark	633	662
Geekbench - OpenCL	2868	5203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	455	1550
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	455	1550
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	881	1732
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	881	1732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1657	1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1657	1668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		13.48
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		164.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		20.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		74.38

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 515	AMD Radeon R7 M340
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Skylake GT2	Meso
Launch date	1 September 2015	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	1425	1393
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	1021 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	943 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	320
Pixel fill rate	2.850 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	22.80 GTexel/s	17.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Compute units		6
Floating-point performance		549.1 gflops
Transistor count		3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL	2.1	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3	DDR3
Shared memory	Yes	0
Memory bandwidth		64 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore