AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce2 MX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce2 MX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3.6x more core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 175 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 180 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 32 MB
8x more memory clock speed: 1334 MHz vs 166 MHz

Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 28 June 2000
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz vs 166 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX

140x more texture fill rate: 700 MTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	700 MTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX

Name	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1681
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3290
PassMark - G3D Mark		3
PassMark - G2D Mark		143

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Celsius
Code name	Caicos	NV11 A2
Launch date	21 December 2013	28 June 2000
Place in performance rating	1152	1150
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	175 MHz
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	160
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	700 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	20 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	7.0
OpenGL	4.4	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz	166 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	SDR