Radeon R2 Graphics vs Iris Graphics 5100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking905not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 7.5 Haswell (2012−2013)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameHaswell GT3Beema
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 June 2013 (11 years ago)27 February 2015 (9 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 cores40128
Core clock speed200 MHz351 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,300 million930 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate48.002.808
Floating-point processing power0.768 gflops0.08986 gflops
ROPs44
TMUs408

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16IGP
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 typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus width64/128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo 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 graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.801.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 June 2013 27 February 2015
Chip lithography 22 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 15 Watt

Iris Graphics 5100 has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.

R2 Graphics, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Iris Graphics 5100 and Radeon R2 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Graphics 5100 is a notebook card while Radeon R2 Graphics is a desktop 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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Intel Iris Graphics 5100
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