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AMD Radeon R7 M265

AMD Radeon R7 M265

The AMD Radeon R7 M265 is a (lower) mid-range DirectX 12 graphics card for laptops. Just like the older Radeon HD 8750M, it is based on the Mars chip (28nm GCN architecture) with 384 shader cores, 24 TMUs and 8 ROPs. The core is clocked at up to 825 MHz and can access up to 4 GB of DDR3 memory (1000 MHz, 128 bit). However, there is also a slightly higher clocked, but still noticeably slower 64 Bit version (e.g. in the Inspiron 15-5547).

Performance

The performance of the Radeon R7 M265 is similar to the Nvidia GeForce GT 640M and GeForce GT 730M. Current and demanding games of 2013/2014 will run fluently only in low resolutions and detail settings. In older games, however, higher quality settings will be possible.

The 384 shaders can be used with OpenCL 1.2 for general-purpose calculations (as 6 compute units). Compared to old TeraScale 2 chips, the GCN-based Mars architecture offers improved performance in this framework.

Features

Features of the R7 M265 include video decoding for MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, and Flash directly by the AMD GPU. Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos are compatible as well.

The R7 series also supports automatic graphics switching between the integrated GPU and discrete GPU. Called Enduro, the technology supersedes AMD's Dynamic Switchable Graphics and is similar to Nvidia's Optimus. Furthermore, the M265 can directly support multiple monitors using Eyefinity Technology if Enduro is disabled.

Other features include ZeroCore for reducing power consumption when the display is turned off and Power Gating to power down areas of the chip that are not used. PowerTune allows automatic overclocking and underclocking of the graphics card as long as the GPU is within its TDP limit. For example, the chip may be underclocked when running FurMark and OCCT, but will overclock in certain games like Lost Planet, Crysis or Resident Evil 5.

The integrated HD audio processor is able to transmit HD Audio (TrueHD or DTS Master Audio) over HDMI and DisplayPort (e.g., for Blu-Ray videos). Additionally, it allows audio output simultaneously and in parallel to multiple devices with the new Discrete Digital Multipoint Audio (DDMA) feature.

Power consumption

The power consumption should be similar to the old Radeon HD 8750M or the Nvidia GeForce GT 730M. As a result, the R7 M265 is best suited for 13-inch notebooks or larger.

Radeon R7 M200 Series

Radeon R7 M275DX compare 896
Radeon R7 M260X compare 384 @ 0.72 GHz128 Bit @ 4000 MHz
Radeon R7 M270 compare 384 @ 0.83 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 - 2000 MHz
Radeon R7 M265 384 @ 0.83 - 0.98 GHz64/128 Bit @ 1800 - 2000 MHz
Radeon R7 M260 compare 384 @ 0.72 - 0.98 GHz64/128 Bit @ 1800 - 2000 MHz
CodenameOpal XT / Mars
ArchitectureGCN
Pipelines384 - unified
Core Speed825 - 980 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed1800 - 2000 MHz
Memory Bus Width64/128 Bit
Memory TypeDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory4 GB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 12 (FL 11_1), Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3
Transistor Count1 Billion
technology28 nm
FeaturesMantle, PCIe 3.0, Zero Core, PowerTune
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement07.01.2014

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
0.6 pt (2%)
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 7170     avg: 8889     median: 8876 (12%)     max: 10622 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
- 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 detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

FIFA 16

FIFA 16

2015
low 1280x720
69  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
49.1  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
27.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1366x768
83.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
56.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
28.1  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
20.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
60  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
48.7  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
18.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
11.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Mad Max

Mad Max

2015
med. 1366x768
32.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
16  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
13.9  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1280x720
25  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
17  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
7  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
22.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
15.9  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
8.8  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
136.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
40.6  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
21.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
12.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
53.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
42  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
17.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
10.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Evolve

Evolve

2015
low 1024x768
34.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
26.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
14.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
13  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
42  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
28.7  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
10.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Far Cry 4

Far Cry 4

2014
low 1024x768
39  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
28  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
13.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
10  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
17.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
12.9  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
8  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
45.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
28.7  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
14.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
7.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
25  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
19.3  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
13  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
F1 2014

F1 2014

2014
low 1024x768
33  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
27  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
23  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
17  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.