Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) vs R7 M465

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 M465 and Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 M465
2016
2 GB DDR3
2.96
+21.8%

R7 M465 outperforms R5 (Bristol Ridge) by a significant 22% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking780837
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data3.76
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)
GPU code nameTopazBristol Ridge
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 May 2016 (8 years ago)1 June 2016 (8 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 cores384384
Core clock speed1100 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1125 MHz800 MHz
Number of transistors1,550 million3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data12-45 Watt
Texture fill rate27.00no data
Floating-point processing power0.864 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs24no data

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 sizedmedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8no data

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 typeDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sno data
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 outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R7 M465 2.96
+21.8%
R5 (Bristol Ridge) 2.43

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R7 M465 1740
+35.6%
R5 (Bristol Ridge) 1284

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R7 M465 12250
+48.4%
R5 (Bristol Ridge) 8256

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 HD12−14
+9.1%
11
−9.1%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+25%
4
−25%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+36.4%
10−12
−36.4%
Hitman 3 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+10%
20−22
−10%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+0%
7
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+9.1%
10−12
−9.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+5.4%
35−40
−5.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+36.4%
10−12
−36.4%
Hitman 3 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+10%
20−22
−10%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+9.1%
10−12
−9.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+7.7%
13
−7.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+5.4%
35−40
−5.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+36.4%
10−12
−36.4%
Hitman 3 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+10%
20−22
−10%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+9.1%
10−12
−9.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+7.7%
12−14
−7.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+5.4%
35−40
−5.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Hitman 3 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+21.4%
14−16
−21.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

This is how R7 M465 and R5 (Bristol Ridge) compete in popular games:

  • R7 M465 is 9% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R7 M465 is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R7 M465 is ahead in 45 tests (80%)
  • there's a draw in 11 tests (20%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.96 2.43

R7 M465 has a 21.8% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon R7 M465 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) in performance tests.


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