AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM videocard review

Radeon R5 230 OEM videocard released by AMD; release date: 21 December 2013. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Caicos.

Core clock speed - 625 MHz. Texture fill rate - 5 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 160. Floating-point performance - 200.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 370 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 19 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1334 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 10.67 GB / s.

Benchmarks

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

1681 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

1681.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3290 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3290.000 Fps

Name	Value
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	1681 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	1681.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3290 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3290.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2
Code name	Caicos
Launch date	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	1152
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm
Pipelines	160
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt
Transistor count	370 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz
Memory type	DDR3