AMD Radeon R5 230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 79% higher texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
- 3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
- Around 49% better floating-point performance: 200.0 gflops vs 134.4 gflops
- 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 50 Watt
- 3.9x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1048 MB
- Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 255 vs 189
- 3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4127 vs 1161
- Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2480 vs 1626
- Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2480 vs 1626
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 3 April 2014 vs 3 September 2010 |
| Texture fill rate | 5 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 160 vs 48 |
| Floating-point performance | 200.0 gflops vs 134.4 gflops |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 19 Watt vs 50 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 1048 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 255 vs 189 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 4127 vs 1161 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2480 vs 1626 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2480 vs 1626 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM
- Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 426 vs 222
- Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 660 vs 439
- Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 660 vs 439
- Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1158 vs 992
- Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1158 vs 992
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 426 vs 222 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 660 vs 439 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 660 vs 439 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1158 vs 992 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1158 vs 992 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM
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| Name | AMD Radeon R5 230 | NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 222 | 426 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 255 | 189 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 4127 | 1161 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 439 | 660 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 439 | 660 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 992 | 1158 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 992 | 1158 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2480 | 1626 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2480 | 1626 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 3.121 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 109.787 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 5.005 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 8.55 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R5 230 | NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM | |
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| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Fermi |
| Code name | Caicos | GF108 |
| Design | AMD Radeon R5 200 Series | |
| Launch date | 3 April 2014 | 3 September 2010 |
| Place in performance rating | 1319 | 1526 |
| Price now | $50 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 6.10 | |
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| Floating-point performance | 200.0 gflops | 134.4 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 160 | 48 |
| Texture fill rate | 5 GTexel / s | 2.8 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 19 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Transistor count | 370 million | 585 million |
| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 1.0 x4 | |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 168 mm | 145 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | N / A | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1048 MB |
| 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 |
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