AMD Radeon R5 230 vs AMD Radeon HD 6430M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 and AMD Radeon HD 6430M 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R5 230

AMD Radeon HD 6430M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 3.84 GTexel / s
Around 30% better floating-point performance: 200.0 gflops vs 153.6 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 222 vs 193
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 255 vs 106

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2014 vs 4 January 2011
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s vs 3.84 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops vs 153.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	222 vs 193
PassMark - G2D Mark	255 vs 106

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6430M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

222

193

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

255

106

Name	AMD Radeon R5 230	AMD Radeon HD 6430M
PassMark - G3D Mark	222	193
PassMark - G2D Mark	255	106
Geekbench - OpenCL	4127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	439
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	992
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2480
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2480

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 230	AMD Radeon HD 6430M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Caicos	Seymour
Design	AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date	3 April 2014	4 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1311	1314
Price now	$50
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	6.10
Technical info
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	153.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	160
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	3.84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	370 million
Core clock speed		480 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 1.0 x4
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	N / A
API support
DirectX	11	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
PowerPlay