Radeon R7 Graphics vs HD Graphics 515

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking949not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.54no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameSkylake GT2Spectre
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)11 January 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores192512
Core clock speed300 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz980 MHz
Number of transistorsno data2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm+28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate19.2031.36
Floating-point processing power0.3072 TFLOPS1.004 TFLOPS
ROPs38
TMUs2432

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).

InterfaceRing BusIGP
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeSystem SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
Shared memory+no data

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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.0
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.0
Vulkan1.31.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2015 11 January 2014
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

HD Graphics 515 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 515 and Radeon R7 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 515 is a notebook card while Radeon R7 Graphics is a desktop one.


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Intel HD Graphics 515
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AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
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