AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
9.6x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 182 Watt
Around 14% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 896 MB
Around 34% higher memory clock speed: 1334 MHz vs 999 MHz

Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 16 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 182 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 896 MB
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz vs 999 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Around 99% higher core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 625 MHz
7.4x more texture fill rate: 36.9 billion / sec vs 5 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 192 vs 160
2.4x better floating-point performance: 476.9 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 3290
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 3290

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.9 billion / sec vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 160
Floating-point performance	476.9 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 3290

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3290

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3290

3342

Name	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1681
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3290	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3290	3342
PassMark - G3D Mark		1208
PassMark - G2D Mark		53
Geekbench - OpenCL		19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		29.525

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Caicos	GT200
Launch date	21 December 2013	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1127	1396
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$95.38
Value for money (0-100)		13.70
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	1242 MHz
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	160	192
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	182 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		192
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB / s	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz	999 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI