AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

  • 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 64 Watt
  • 266.8x more memory clock speed: 1334 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 64 Watt
Memory clock speed 1334 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

  • Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • 6.8x more texture fill rate: 33.9 billion / sec vs 5 GTexel / s
  • 2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
  • 4.1x better floating-point performance: 812.5 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3478 vs 1681
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3478 vs 1681
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3332 vs 3290
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3332 vs 3290
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1058 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.9 billion / sec vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 160
Floating-point performance 812.5 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3478 vs 1681
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3478 vs 1681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3332 vs 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3332 vs 3290

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1681
3478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1681
3478
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3290
3332
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3290
3332
Name AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1681 3478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1681 3478
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3290 3332
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3290 3332
PassMark - G3D Mark 1749
PassMark - G2D Mark 368
Geekbench - OpenCL 4493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 364.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.499
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2663
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 545

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Kepler
Code name Caicos GK106
Launch date 21 December 2013 27 November 2013
Place in performance rating 1127 1003
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $109
Price now $144.81
Value for money (0-100) 16.05

Technical info

Core clock speed 625 MHz 1058 MHz
Floating-point performance 200.0 gflops 812.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 160 384
Texture fill rate 5 GTexel / s 33.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 64 Watt
Transistor count 370 million 2,540 million
CUDA cores 384

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini..., 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 168 mm 5.70" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None One 6-pin
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.38" (11.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 10.67 GB / s 80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 1334 MHz 5.0 GB/s
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
TXAA