AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo) vs AMD Radeon R5 (Carrizo)
AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
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The AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo) is an integrated graphics card in the fastest Carrizo APUs. At launch in mid 2015 the R7 was used in the AMD FX-8800P SoC with 512 GCN shaders and 800 MHz clock rate (Boost?). Depending on the configured TDP (ranging from 12 to 35 Watt) and used main memory (up to DDR3-2133 in dual channel mode supported) the performance can differ greatly.
Architecture and Features
The Radeon R7 is using the third generation GCN architecture (sometimes also called GCN 1.2) similar to the desktop Tonga chip. Therefore, it offers DirectX 12 (FL 12_0) hardware support and advanced color compression that leads to 5-7% improvement in games. Furthermore, the shaders can be used with Mantle, OpenGL and OpenCL. HSA 1.0 is supported to easily run code on CPU and GPU cores together.
The improved video decoder UVD 6 (Unified Video Decoder) is now able to decode HVEC / H.265 in up 4K in hardware. Furthermore, the VCE (Video Codec Engine) was improved for faster transcodes of H.264.
More information on architecture and features of the Carrizo chips can be found in our launch article.
Performance
The gaming performance of the integrated R7 depends on the configured TDP (12 - 35 Watt) of the chip. AMD e.g. published 3DMark 11 scores of a 15 and 35 Watt version, where the 35 Watt version was 38% faster than the 15 Watt version. Demanding games like Evolve or Far Cry 4 will struggle to achieve fluent frame rates. However, less demanding games like Call of Duty: AW may even run in high detail settings (see the slightly slower Kaveri R7 GPU for benchmarks).
Power Consumption
Depending on the configured TDP the chip may be used in thin and light machines (12 - 20 Watt range) or normal sized laptops (35 Watt TDP).
AMD Radeon R5 (Carrizo)
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The AMD Radeon R5 (Carrizo) is an integrated graphics card for a number of low-end mobile Carrizo-based APUs, such as those from the A6 series. It was first introduced in the AMD A6-8500P with 4 active compute cores for a total of 256 shader cores. The maximum GPU clock speed in the A6-8500P is 800 MHz. Performance depends on the main memory configuration and TDP setting, which can range anywhere from 12 to 35 Watt.
Architecture and Features
The Radeon R5 utilizes the third generation GCN architecture (sometimes referred to as GCN 1.2) similar to the desktop Tonga chip. As a result, it supports DirectX 12 (FL 12_0) with advanced color compression that leads to a 5-7% improvement in games. Furthermore, its shaders can be used with Mantle, OpenGL and OpenCL. HSA 1.0 is supported for running code on both CPU and GPU cores simultaneously.
The improved video decoder UVD 6 (Unified Video Decoder) is now able to decode HVEC / H.265 up to 4K in hardware. Furthermore, the VCE (Video Codec Engine) has been improved for faster transcoding of H.264.
More information on architecture and features of the Carrizo chips can be found in our launch article.
Performance
Gaming performance of the integrated R5 GPU depends on the configured TDP (12 - 35 Watt) of the APU. In most laptops we should see a TDP of 15 Watt, which is similar to the mainstream Intel CPUs. Therefore, the performance of the R5 should be similar to the Intel HD Graphics 5500. In some games, the slower AMD CPU may bottleneck performance in direct comparisons to Intel hardware.
Power Consumption
Depending on the configured TDP, the chip may be used in thin-and-light (12 - 20 Watt range) to standard-sized laptops (35 Watt TDP).
| AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo) | AMD Radeon R5 (Carrizo) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Radeon R (Carrizo) Series |
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| Codename | Carrizo | Carrizo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | GCN 1.2/2.0 | GCN 1.2/2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 512 - unified | 256 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 800 (Boost) MHz | 800 (Boost) MHz | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 64/128 Bit | 64/128 Bit | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | yes | yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), OpenGL 4.4 | DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), OpenGL 4.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 12-35 Watt | 12-35 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||
| Transistors | 2.4 Billion | 2.4 Billion | ||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 28 nm | 28 nm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Features | UVD 6, VCE | UVD 6, VCE | ||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | medium sized | medium sized | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 04.06.2015 | 04.06.2015 |
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Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo) → 100% n=12
Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon R5 (Carrizo) → 91% n=12
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
Just Cause 3
2015
Fallout 4
2015
Anno 2205
2015
FIFA 16
2015
World of Warships
2015
Metal Gear Solid V
2015
Mad Max
2015
The Witcher 3
2015
Dirt Rally
2015
Battlefield Hardline
2015
Sims 4
2014
Thief
2014
Battlefield 4
2013
Metro: Last Light
2013
BioShock Infinite
2013
Tomb Raider
2013
Crysis 3
2013
Counter-Strike: GO
2012
Diablo III
2012
Average Gaming AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo) → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming AMD Radeon R5 (Carrizo) → 88%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 84%
| AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo) | AMD Radeon R5 (Carrizo) | |||||||||||||
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |||
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 19 | 12.2 | ||||||||||||
| BioShock Infinite | 51 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 45.9 | 28.7 | 21.8 | |||||||
| Tomb Raider | 66 | 33 | 23 | 12 | 51.8 | 29.1 | 21.3 | |||||||
| AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo) | AMD Radeon R5 (Carrizo) | |||||||||||||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 2 | 3 | 2 | | | |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
