AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM vs Intel HD Graphics 4600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM and Intel HD Graphics 4600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Intel HD Graphics 4600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 56% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 400 MHz
8x more pipelines: 160 vs 20
4x better floating-point performance: 200.0 gflops vs 50 gflops
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3290 vs 2808
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3290 vs 2808

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 3 June 2013
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 400 MHz
Pipelines	160 vs 20
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops vs 50 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3290 vs 2808
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3290 vs 2808

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1702 vs 1681
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1702 vs 1681

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1702 vs 1681
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1702 vs 1681

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 4600

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1681

1702

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1681

1702

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3290

2808

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3290

2808

Name	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM	Intel HD Graphics 4600
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1681	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1681	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3290	2808
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3290	2808
PassMark - G3D Mark		630
PassMark - G2D Mark		314
Geekbench - OpenCL		3210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		171.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		10.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		12.361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		988
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		194

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM	Intel HD Graphics 4600
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Generation 7.5
Code name	Caicos	Haswell GT2
Launch date	21 December 2013	3 June 2013
Place in performance rating	1127	1359
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	50 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	160	20
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	392 million
Boost clock speed		1250 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 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.4	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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