AMD Radeon R5 230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 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 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
  • Around 29% better floating-point performance: 200.0 gflops vs 155.5 gflops
  • Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 29 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1024 MB
  • Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 255 vs 131
  • 3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4127 vs 1283
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 992 vs 835
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 992 vs 835
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2480 vs 1155
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2480 vs 1155
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 April 2014 vs 2 April 2012
Pipelines 160 vs 48
Floating-point performance 200.0 gflops vs 155.5 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 29 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1024 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 255 vs 131
Geekbench - OpenCL 4127 vs 1283
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 992 vs 835
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 992 vs 835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2480 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2480 vs 1155

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

  • Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 6.5 billion / sec vs 5 GTexel / s
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 322 vs 222
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 555 vs 439
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 555 vs 439
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 6.5 billion / sec vs 5 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 322 vs 222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 555 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 555 vs 439

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
222
322
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
255
131
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4127
1283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
439
555
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
439
555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
992
835
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
992
835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2480
1155
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2480
1155
Name AMD Radeon R5 230 NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
PassMark - G3D Mark 222 322
PassMark - G2D Mark 255 131
Geekbench - OpenCL 4127 1283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 439 555
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 439 555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 992 835
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 992 835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2480 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2480 1155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 77.99
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.053
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 87

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 230 NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi 2.0
Code name Caicos GF119
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date 3 April 2014 2 April 2012
Place in performance rating 1319 1626
Price now $50 $39.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 6.10 10.13
Launch price (MSRP) $39.99

Technical info

Floating-point performance 200.0 gflops 155.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 160 48
Texture fill rate 5 GTexel / s 6.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 29 Watt
Transistor count 370 million 292 million
Core clock speed 810 MHz
CUDA cores 48
Maximum GPU temperature 102 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 1.0 x4 PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors N / A None
Height 2.7" (6.9 cm)

API support

DirectX 11 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1024 MB
Memory bandwidth 10.67 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Memory clock speed 1.8 GB/s

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
​PowerPlay
3D Blu-Ray
CUDA