AMD Radeon R5 230 vs AMD Radeon HD 8610G

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 and AMD Radeon HD 8610G 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 255 vs 119
  • 2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4127 vs 1463
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 April 2014 vs 23 May 2013
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 255 vs 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 4127 vs 1463

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8610G

  • 2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 426 vs 222
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 707 vs 439
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 707 vs 439
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1868 vs 992
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1868 vs 992
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 2480
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 2480
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 384 vs 160
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 426 vs 222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 707 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 707 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1868 vs 992
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1868 vs 992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 2480
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 2480

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8610G

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
222
426
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
255
119
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4127
1463
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
439
707
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
439
707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
992
1868
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
992
1868
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2480
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2480
3350
Name AMD Radeon R5 230 AMD Radeon HD 8610G
PassMark - G3D Mark 222 426
PassMark - G2D Mark 255 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 4127 1463
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 439 707
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 439 707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 992 1868
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 992 1868
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2480 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2480 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 230 AMD Radeon HD 8610G

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Terascale 3
Code name Caicos Richland
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date 3 April 2014 23 May 2013
Place in performance rating 1313 1316
Price now $50
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 6.10

Technical info

Floating-point performance 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 32 nm
Pipelines 160 384
Texture fill rate 5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt
Transistor count 370 million
Boost clock speed 626 MHz
Core clock speed 533 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 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
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors N / A
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11 11
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 10.67 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 1

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
​PowerPlay