GeForce 320M vs Radeon R5 (Carrizo)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Carrizo) and GeForce 320M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R5 (Carrizo)
2015
12 Watt
1.83
+239%

R5 (Carrizo) outperforms GeForce 320M by a whopping 239% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking8781183
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code nameCarrizoMCP89
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2015 (9 years ago)1 April 2010 (14 years ago)
Current priceno data$408

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores25632
Core clock speedno data450 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors2410 Million486 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rateno data7.200

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R5 (Carrizo) and GeForce 320M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16

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 amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width64/128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
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 graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkanno dataN/A

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD40−45
+233%
12
−233%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 no data
Battlefield 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 no data
Far Cry 5 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 no data
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+200%
6−7
−200%
Hitman 3 0−1 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 no data
Battlefield 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 no data
Far Cry 5 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 no data
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+200%
6−7
−200%
Hitman 3 0−1 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 no data
Far Cry 5 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+200%
6−7
−200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 no data
Far Cry 5 0−1 no data
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Hitman 3 0−1 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 no data

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 no data
Metro Exodus 0−1 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 no data

This is how R5 (Carrizo) and GeForce 320M compete in popular games:

  • R5 (Carrizo) is 233% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.83 0.54
Recency 4 June 2015 1 April 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 23 Watt

The Radeon R5 (Carrizo) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 320M in performance tests.


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