Intel HD Graphics 515 vs AMD Radeon R7 Mobile Graphics

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

Intel HD Graphics 515

AMD Radeon R7 Mobile Graphics

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 515

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 950 MHz vs 800 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
6x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 90 Watt

Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 17 February 2014
Boost clock speed	950 MHz vs 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 90 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 Mobile Graphics

Around 85% higher core clock speed: 554 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 877 vs 455
Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 877 vs 455
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1131 vs 881
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1131 vs 881
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2817 vs 1657
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2817 vs 1657

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	554 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	877 vs 455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	877 vs 455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1131 vs 881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1131 vs 881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2817 vs 1657
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2817 vs 1657

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

455

877

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

455

877

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

881

1131

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

881

1131

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1657

2817

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1657

2817

Name	Intel HD Graphics 515	AMD Radeon R7 Mobile Graphics
PassMark - G2D Mark	190
PassMark - G3D Mark	633
Geekbench - OpenCL	2859
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	455	877
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	455	877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	881	1131
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	881	1131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1657	2817
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1657	2817

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 515	AMD Radeon R7 Mobile Graphics
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Skylake GT2	Spectre
Launch date	1 September 2015	17 February 2014
Place in performance rating	1425	1394
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	800 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	554 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
Pixel fill rate	2.850 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	22.80 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	90 Watt
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
Shared memory	Yes
Technologies
Quick Sync