AMD Radeon R5 230 vs Intel HD Graphics 4400

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 and Intel HD Graphics 4400 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 4.6 GTexel / s
  • 8x more pipelines: 160 vs 20
  • 4.3x better floating-point performance: 200.0 gflops vs 46 gflops
  • Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 20 Watt
  • Around 93% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4127 vs 2143
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 April 2014 vs 3 September 2013
Texture fill rate 5 GTexel / s vs 4.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 160 vs 20
Floating-point performance 200.0 gflops vs 46 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 20 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 4127 vs 2143

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4400

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 524 vs 222
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 275 vs 255
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 817 vs 439
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 817 vs 439
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1381 vs 992
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1381 vs 992
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3044 vs 2480
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3044 vs 2480
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 524 vs 222
PassMark - G2D Mark 275 vs 255
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 817 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 817 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1381 vs 992
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1381 vs 992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3044 vs 2480
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3044 vs 2480

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 4400

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
222
524
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
255
275
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4127
2143
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
439
817
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
439
817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
992
1381
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
992
1381
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2480
3044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2480
3044
Name AMD Radeon R5 230 Intel HD Graphics 4400
PassMark - G3D Mark 222 524
PassMark - G2D Mark 255 275
Geekbench - OpenCL 4127 2143
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 439 817
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 439 817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 992 1381
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 992 1381
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2480 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2480 3044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 154.696
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.084
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 8.335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 152

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 230 Intel HD Graphics 4400

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Generation 7.5
Code name Caicos Haswell GT2
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date 3 April 2014 3 September 2013
Place in performance rating 1319 1421
Price now $50
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 6.10

Technical info

Floating-point performance 200.0 gflops 46 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 22 nm
Pipelines 160 20
Texture fill rate 5 GTexel / s 4.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 20 Watt
Transistor count 370 million 392 million
Boost clock speed 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 350 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

API support

DirectX 11 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.4 4.3

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
Quick Sync