AMD Radeon R5 230 vs AMD Radeon HD 6570

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 and AMD Radeon HD 6570 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 230

AMD Radeon HD 6570

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 40 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 255 vs 218
2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4127 vs 1561

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2014 vs 7 February 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	255 vs 218
Geekbench - OpenCL	4127 vs 1561

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6570

3.1x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 480 vs 160
3.1x better floating-point performance: 624.0 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 559 vs 222
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1296 vs 439
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1296 vs 439
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1044 vs 992
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1044 vs 992
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2716 vs 2480
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2716 vs 2480

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 160
Floating-point performance	624.0 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	559 vs 222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1296 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1296 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1044 vs 992
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1044 vs 992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2716 vs 2480
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2716 vs 2480

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6570

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

222

559

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

255

218

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4127

1561

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

439

1296

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

439

1296

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

992

1044

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

992

1044

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2480

2716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2480

2716

Name	AMD Radeon R5 230	AMD Radeon HD 6570
PassMark - G3D Mark	222	559
PassMark - G2D Mark	255	218
Geekbench - OpenCL	4127	1561
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	439	1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	439	1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	992	1044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	992	1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2480	2716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2480	2716
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		255.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		13.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		59.183
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		846

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 230	AMD Radeon HD 6570
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Caicos	Thames
Design	AMD Radeon R5 200 Series	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	3 April 2014	7 February 2011
Place in performance rating	1319	1426
Price now	$50	$49.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	6.10	19.92
Launch price (MSRP)		$79
Technical info
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	480
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	716 million
Boost clock speed		650 MHz
Stream Processors		480
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 1.0 x4	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	N / A	None
API support
DirectX	11	11
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB / s	28.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		900 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
PowerPlay
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)