AMD Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)
The AMD Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) is an integrated graphics card for a number of mid-range mobile Bristol-Ridge-based APUs, such as those from the A10 series. It features 384 shader cores clocked at 720 MHz (15 Watt APUs) or 800 MHz (35 Watt APUs). Depending on the configurable TDP (set per laptop model) and the used main memory, the performance can also differ.
Architecture and Features
The Radeon R5 utilizes the third generation GCN architecture (sometimes referred to as GCN 1.2) similar to the desktop Tonga chip. As a result, it supports DirectX 12 (FL 12_0) with advanced color compression that leads to a 5-7% improvement in games. Furthermore, its shaders can be used with Mantle, OpenGL and OpenCL. HSA 1.0 is supported for running code on both CPU and GPU cores simultaneously.
The improved video decoder UVD 6 (Unified Video Decoder) is now able to decode HVEC / H.265 up to 4K in hardware. Furthermore, the VCE (Video Codec Engine) has been improved for faster transcoding of H.264.
More information on architecture and features of the Bristol Ridge architecture can be found in our launch article.
Performance
Gaming performance of the integrated R5 GPU depends on the configured TDP, model and main memory of the system. A typical ULV version with a TDP of 15 Watt paired with fast dual channel main memory is nearly on a level with the dedicated GeForce 920M or Radeon R7 M260 (see gaming benchmarks below). Therefore, demanding games of 2015 and 2016 may only run in the lowest detail settings fluently (and some not at all).
Power Consumption
Depending on the configured TDP, the still in 28 nm produced chip may be used in thin-and-light (12 - 20 Watt range) to standard-sized laptops (35 Watt TDP).
| Manufacturer | AMD |
| Radeon R (Stoney / Bristol Ridge) Series | |
| Codename | Bristol Ridge |
| Architecture | GCN 1.2/2.0 |
| Pipelines | 384 - unified |
| Core Speed | 800 (Boost) MHz |
| Memory Bus Width | 64/128 Bit |
| Shared Memory | yes |
| DirectX | DirectX 12 (FL 12_0) |
| Transistor Count | 3100 Million |
| technology | 28 nm |
| Features | UVD 6, VCE |
| Notebook Size | medium sized |
| Date of Announcement | 01.06.2016 |
| CPU | GPU Base Speed | GPU Boost / Turbo |
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| AMD A10-9620P | 4 x 2500 MHz, 15 W | ? MHz | 758 MHz |
| AMD A10-9600P | 4 x 2400 MHz, 15 W | ? MHz | 720 MHz |
| min. - max. | | ? - ? MHz | 720 - 758 MHz |
Benchmarks
3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics Score 1280x720 offscreen
61313 Points (13%)
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3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Graphics 1920x1080
37173 Points (5%)
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Score 1280x720
5164 Points (10%)
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720
8822 Points (5%)
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3DMark - Fire Strike Score 1920x1080
1113 Points (5%)
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3DMark - Fire Strike Graphics 1920x1080
1337 Points (3%)
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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720
52687 Points (7%)
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3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720
min: 1874 avg: 1893.5 median: 1893.5 (7%) max: 1913 points
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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720
min: 1482 avg: 1701.5 median: 1701.5 (3%) max: 1921 points
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3DMark 06 Standard 1280x1024 +7202 Points (17%)
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ATI Radeon HD 5570 -1%
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Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit +Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
5249 Points (33%)
HP 17-y044ng  | A10-9600P | 8192 MB | 300-720 / MHz | Dual-Channel Crimson 16.12.2 | 5249 |
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Cinebench R15
OpenGL 64Bit +Cinebench R15 - OpenGL 64Bit
31.8 Points (19%)
| HP 17-y044ng | A10-9600P | 8192 MB | 300-720 / MHz | Dual-Channel Crimson 16.12.2 | 31.76 |
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Ref. Match 64Bit +Cinebench R15 - Ref. Match 64Bit
98 Points (98%)
| HP 17-y044ng | A10-9600P | 8192 MB | 300-720 / MHz | Dual-Channel Crimson 16.12.2 | 98 |
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GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 1920x1080 +GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 1920x1080
107 fps (8%)
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GFXBench 3.0 - Manhattan Offscreen OGL off screen
31.6 fps (6%)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Room GPUs-only
174 Samples/s (3%)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Sala GPUs-only
331 Samples/s (3%)
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ComputeMark v2.1 - Normal, Score 1024x600
1127 Points (5%)
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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