A10G vs Radeon R5 (Carrizo)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Carrizo) with A10G, including specs and performance data.

R5 (Carrizo)
2015
12 Watt
1.84

A10G outperforms R5 (Carrizo) by a whopping 2538% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking91766
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.6622.56
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameCarrizoGA102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date4 June 2015 (9 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 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 cores2569216
Core clock speedno data1320 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz1710 MHz
Number of transistors2410 Million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rateno data492.5
Floating-point processing powerno data31.52 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data288
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data8-pin EPS

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 dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data12 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1563 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data600.2 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA-8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2400%
100−105
+2400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−2471%
180−190
+2471%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−2500%
130−140
+2500%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2400%
100−105
+2400%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2400%
75−80
+2400%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−2500%
130−140
+2500%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−2471%
180−190
+2471%
Hitman 3 6−7
−2400%
150−160
+2400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−2253%
400−450
+2253%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2400%
100−105
+2400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−2456%
230−240
+2456%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−2471%
900−950
+2471%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−2471%
180−190
+2471%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−2500%
130−140
+2500%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2400%
100−105
+2400%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2400%
75−80
+2400%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−2500%
130−140
+2500%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−2471%
180−190
+2471%
Hitman 3 6−7
−2400%
150−160
+2400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−2253%
400−450
+2253%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2400%
100−105
+2400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−2456%
230−240
+2456%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−2400%
300−310
+2400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−2471%
900−950
+2471%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−2471%
180−190
+2471%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−2500%
130−140
+2500%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2400%
100−105
+2400%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2400%
75−80
+2400%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−2471%
180−190
+2471%
Hitman 3 6−7
−2400%
150−160
+2400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−2253%
400−450
+2253%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−2456%
230−240
+2456%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−2400%
300−310
+2400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−2471%
900−950
+2471%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2400%
100−105
+2400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−2400%
50−55
+2400%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−2400%
75−80
+2400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−2400%
50−55
+2400%
Hitman 3 7−8
−2471%
180−190
+2471%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−2500%
130−140
+2500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
−2500%
260−270
+2500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−2500%
130−140
+2500%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−2400%
50−55
+2400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−2400%
75−80
+2400%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.84 48.54
Recency 4 June 2015 12 April 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 150 Watt

R5 (Carrizo) has 1150% lower power consumption.

A10G, on the other hand, has a 2538% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The A10G is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Carrizo) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 (Carrizo) is a notebook card while A10G is a workstation one.


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