AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 7730M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 7730M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

AMD Radeon HD 7730M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 575 MHz
Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 25 Watt

Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 24 April 2012
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 575 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 25 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7730M

4.3x more texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 512 vs 160
3.5x better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1334 MHz
Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3220 vs 1681
Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3220 vs 1681
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 3290
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 3290

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 160
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1334 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3220 vs 1681
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3220 vs 1681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350 vs 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 3290

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7730M

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1681

3220

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1681

3220

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3290

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3290

3350

Name	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 7730M
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1681	3220
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1681	3220
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3290	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3290	3350
PassMark - G3D Mark		775
PassMark - G2D Mark		214
Geekbench - OpenCL		6787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		15.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		289.172
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.524
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		25.319
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		69.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1777
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1777

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 7730M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	GCN 1.0
Code name	Caicos	Chelsea
Launch date	21 December 2013	24 April 2012
Place in performance rating	1151	1154
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	160	512
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	21.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	1,500 million
Boost clock speed		675 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory		0