AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 635 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 635 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 635 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 84% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3290 vs 2188
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3290 vs 2188

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 1 October 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3290 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3290 vs 2188

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 635 OEM

Around 55% higher core clock speed: 967 MHz vs 625 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 15.47 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
3.7x better floating-point performance: 742.7 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1334 MHz
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1696 vs 1681
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1696 vs 1681

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	967 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.47 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	742.7 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1334 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1696 vs 1681
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1696 vs 1681

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 635 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1681

1696

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1681

1696

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3290

2188

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3290

2188

Name	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 635 OEM
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1681	1696
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1681	1696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3290	2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3290	2188
PassMark - G2D Mark		231
PassMark - G3D Mark		830
Geekbench - OpenCL		3763
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1585
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1585

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 635 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Kepler 2.0
Code name	Caicos	GK208
Launch date	21 December 2013	1 October 2013
Place in performance rating	1151	1152
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	967 MHz
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	742.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	160	384
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	15.47 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	370 million
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	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3