Radeon Pro 5300 vs GeForce 405M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 297 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GT2xx (2009−2012) | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) |
| GPU code name | GT218 | Navi 14 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 11 May 2012 (12 years ago) | 4 August 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 16 | 1280 |
| CUDA cores | 16 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 606 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 6,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 85 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.848 | 132.0 |
| Floating-point performance | 0.03878 gflops | 4.224 gflops |
| Gigaflops | 73 | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3, DDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | Up to 512 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz | 14 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | DisplayPort, HDMI, VGA, Dual Link DVI, Single Link DVI | No outputs |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | 8.0 | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 API | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 May 2012 | 4 August 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 85 Watt |
GeForce 405M has 507.1% lower power consumption.
Pro 5300, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 405M and Radeon Pro 5300. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 405M is a notebook card while Radeon Pro 5300 is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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