AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX Mac Edition 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
5.3x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 100 Watt
16x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1681 vs 105.1
27.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3290 vs 119.6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 1 April 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1681 vs 105.1
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3290 vs 119.6

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX Mac Edition

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 719 MHz vs 625 MHz
16.1x more texture fill rate: 80.53 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
8.4x more pipelines: 1344 vs 160
9.7x better floating-point performance: 1,933 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3.7x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1334 MHz
3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6514 vs 1681
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6700 vs 3290

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	719 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	80.53 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1344 vs 160
Floating-point performance	1,933 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1334 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6514 vs 1681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6700 vs 3290

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX Mac Edition

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1681

6514

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1681

105.1

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3290

6700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3290

119.6

Name	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX Mac Edition
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1681	6514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1681	105.1
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3290	6700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3290	119.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.103
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1543
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		26.1

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Kepler
Code name	Caicos	GK104
Launch date	21 December 2013	1 April 2013
Place in performance rating	1152	1154
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	719 MHz
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	1,933 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	160	1344
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	80.53 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	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	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5