AMD Radeon R5 230 vs NVIDIA GeForce 615

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA GeForce 615 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).

AMD Radeon R5 230

NVIDIA GeForce 615

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
Around 58% better floating-point performance: 200.0 gflops vs 126.7 gflops
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 49 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4127 vs 1322
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2480 vs 1708
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2480 vs 1708

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2014 vs 15 May 2012
Pipelines	160 vs 48
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops vs 126.7 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 49 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	4127 vs 1322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2480 vs 1708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2480 vs 1708

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 615

Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 5.28 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 514 vs 222
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 301 vs 255
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 668 vs 439
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 668 vs 439
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1286 vs 992
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1286 vs 992

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	5.28 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	514 vs 222
PassMark - G2D Mark	301 vs 255
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	668 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	668 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1286 vs 992
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1286 vs 992

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 615

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

222

514

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

255

301

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4127

1322

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

439

668

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

439

668

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

992

1286

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

992

1286

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2480

1708

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2480

1708

Name	AMD Radeon R5 230	NVIDIA GeForce 615
PassMark - G3D Mark	222	514
PassMark - G2D Mark	255	301
Geekbench - OpenCL	4127	1322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	439	668
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	439	668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	992	1286
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	992	1286
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2480	1708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2480	1708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		3.257

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 230	NVIDIA GeForce 615
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi
Code name	Caicos	GF108
Design	AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date	3 April 2014	15 May 2012
Place in performance rating	1311	1313
Price now	$50
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	6.10
Technical info
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	126.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	48
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	5.28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	49 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	585 million
Core clock speed		660 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	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
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	DDR3
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
PowerPlay