ATI Radeon HD 5690 vs HD Graphics 615

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking909not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency26.00no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.5 (2016−2020)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameKaby Lake GT2Redwood
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date30 August 2016 (8 years ago)1 February 2011 (13 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 cores192400
Core clock speed300 MHz775 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm++40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)5 Watt64 Watt
Texture fill rate20.4015.50
Floating-point processing power0.3264 TFLOPS0.62 TFLOPS
ROPs38
TMUs2420

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 BusPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot

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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount16 GB1 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data32 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

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)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan1.3N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 August 2016 1 February 2011
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 5 Watt 64 Watt

HD Graphics 615 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 1180% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 615 and Radeon HD 5690. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 615 is a notebook card while Radeon HD 5690 is a desktop one.


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Intel HD Graphics 615
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