AMD Radeon R5 230 vs Intel HD Graphics 2500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 and Intel HD Graphics 2500 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 230

Intel HD Graphics 2500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
4.3x more texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
26.7x more pipelines: 160 vs 6
14.5x better floating-point performance: 200.0 gflops vs 13.8 gflops
16.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4127 vs 249

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2014 vs 1 April 2012
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
Pipelines	160 vs 6
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops vs 13.8 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	4127 vs 249

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2500

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm

Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 40 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 2500

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4127

249

Name	AMD Radeon R5 230	Intel HD Graphics 2500
PassMark - G3D Mark	222
PassMark - G2D Mark	255
Geekbench - OpenCL	4127	249
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 230	Intel HD Graphics 2500
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Generation 7.0
Code name	Caicos	Ivy Bridge GT1
Design	AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date	3 April 2014	1 April 2012
Place in performance rating	1319	1710
Price now	$50
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	6.10
Technical info
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	13.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	160	6
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	1.15 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	392 million
Boost clock speed		1150 MHz
Core clock speed		650 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 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	N / A
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11	11.1 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory		1
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
PowerPlay