HD Graphics 5300 vs Radeon R9 M375X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between HD Graphics 5300 and Radeon R9 M375X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the HD Graphics 5300 stacks up against Radeon R9 M375X, check out specs charts below.

HD Graphics 5300 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: HD Graphics 5300 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with HD Graphics 5300 here:

Main Specs

  HD Graphics 5300 Radeon R9 M375X
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type System Shared GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • HD Graphics 5300 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x1, and Radeon R9 M375X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • HD Graphics 5300 is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 M375X - in Desktops.
  • HD Graphics 5300 is build with Gen. 8 Broadwell architecture, and Radeon R9 M375X - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M375X is 825 MHz higher, than HD Graphics 5300.
  • HD Graphics 5300 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M375X - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 9−10
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 0−1 21−24
medium / 1080p 0−1 12−14

Full Specs

  HD Graphics 5300 Radeon R9 M375X
Architecture Gen. 8 Broadwell GCN 1.0
Code name Broadwell GT2 Tropo
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 5 September 2014 5 May 2015
Pipelines 24 640
Core clock speed 100 MHz 925 MHz
Boost Clock 900 MHz 1015 MHz
Transistor count 1,300 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 21.60 40.60
Floating-point performance 1,299 gflops
Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.4
OpenCL 2.0 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.1.80
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Quick Sync +
Compute units 10
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