Intel HD Graphics vs AMD Radeon R5 M255

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics and AMD Radeon R5 M255 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), 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 193 vs 135
  • Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5315 vs 4650
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 January 2015 vs 12 October 2014
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 193 vs 135
Geekbench - OpenCL 5315 vs 4650

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M255

  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 940 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • 17.4x more texture fill rate: 22.56 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
  • 53.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 6
  • 46.3x better floating-point performance: 721.9 gflops vs 15.6 gflops
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 538 vs 462
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1459 vs 470
  • 182.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1459 vs 8
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 925 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 940 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 22.56 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 6
Floating-point performance 721.9 gflops vs 15.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 538 vs 462
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1459 vs 470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1459 vs 8

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M255

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
462
538
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
193
135
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5315
4650
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
470
1459
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8
1459
Name Intel HD Graphics AMD Radeon R5 M255
PassMark - G3D Mark 462 538
PassMark - G2D Mark 193 135
Geekbench - OpenCL 5315 4650
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 470 1459
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8 1459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 166.596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 20.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 66.631
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics AMD Radeon R5 M255

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Broadwell GT1 Topaz
Launch date 5 January 2015 12 October 2014
Place in performance rating 1366 1367
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 850 MHz 940 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 925 MHz
Floating-point performance 15.6 gflops 721.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 6 320
Texture fill rate 1.3 GTexel / s 22.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt
Transistor count 1,300 million 3,100 million
Compute units 5

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Memory type System Shared DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
HD3D
Powerplay
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore