AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM 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 8570 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 50 Watt

Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 8 January 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 625 MHz
3.7x more texture fill rate: 18.72 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
3x better floating-point performance: 599.0 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 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2540 vs 1681
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2540 vs 1681
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3290
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3290

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	730 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	18.72 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	599.0 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)	2540 vs 1681
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2540 vs 1681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 3290

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1681

2540

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1681

2540

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3290

3355

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3290

3355

Name	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1681	2540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1681	2540
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3290	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3290	3355
PassMark - G3D Mark		942
PassMark - G2D Mark		278
Geekbench - OpenCL		5913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		14.771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		285.896
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		24.949
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		72.899
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1759
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1759

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	GCN 1.0
Code name	Caicos	Oland
Launch date	21 December 2013	8 January 2013
Place in performance rating	1151	1153
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	730 MHz
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	599.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	160	384
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	18.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	1,040 million
Boost clock speed		780 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0
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	GDDR3