AMD Cedar
VS
AMD Radeon R5 M255
AMD Cedar
VS
AMD Radeon R5 M255

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Cedar and AMD Radeon R5 M255. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
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TeraScale 2
Architecture
GCN
Cedar
Code name
Topaz
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
1 May 2014 (7 years ago)
$17.81
Price now
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Cedar
GPU code name
Topaz Pro / Sun
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Cedar and AMD Radeon R5 M255 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

80
Pipelines
384
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Core clock speed
940 MHz
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Boost Clock
940 MHz
292 million
Transistor count
1,550 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Texture fill rate
22.56
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Floating-point performance
721.9 gflops
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Compute units
5
80
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
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Boost clock speed
940 MHz
292 million
Number of transistors
1,550 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Cedar and AMD Radeon R5 M255.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0 x8

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Cedar and AMD Radeon R5 M255 can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
DDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
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Memory bus width
64 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
16 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Cedar and AMD Radeon R5 M255, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
No outputs
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Eyefinity
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Cedar and AMD Radeon R5 M255 is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
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HD3D
+
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PowerTune
+
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
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Enduro
-
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DualGraphics
1
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Switchable graphics
1
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PowerPlay
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Cedar and AMD Radeon R5 M255. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.4
OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
6.3
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OpenCL
Not Listed
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Mantle
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Cedar and AMD Radeon R5 M255 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Cedar or AMD Radeon R5 M255 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Cedar
AMD Radeon R5 M255
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Cedar
AMD Radeon R5 M255
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Cedar
AMD Radeon R5 M255
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Cedar
AMD Radeon R5 M255
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Cedar
AMD Radeon R5 M255 8.5
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Cedar

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 M255

3.73% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 80)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

So, AMD Cedar or AMD Radeon R5 M255?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R5 M255 .

AMD Cedar versus AMD Radeon R5 M255 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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