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).

 

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 232
PassMark - G3D Mark 829
Geekbench - OpenCL 3711
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 1152 1153
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