AMD Radeon R5 230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M 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).

AMD Radeon R5 230

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230

Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 33 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 255 vs 175
Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4127 vs 3437

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 33 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	255 vs 175
Geekbench - OpenCL	4127 vs 3437

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M

2.3x more texture fill rate: 11.5 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
2.8x better floating-point performance: 552.2 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 815 vs 222
3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1654 vs 439
3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1654 vs 439
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2370 vs 992
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2370 vs 992
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2480
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2480

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	11.5 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	552.2 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	815 vs 222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1654 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1654 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2370 vs 992
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2370 vs 992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 2480
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 2480

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

222

815

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

255

175

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4127

3437

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

439

1654

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

439

1654

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

992

2370

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

992

2370

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2480

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2480

3358

Name	AMD Radeon R5 230	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M
PassMark - G3D Mark	222	815
PassMark - G2D Mark	255	175
Geekbench - OpenCL	4127	3437
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	439	1654
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	439	1654
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	992	2370
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	992	2370
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2480	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2480	3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		7.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		162.583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		11.854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		30.631

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 230	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Kepler 2.0
Code name	Caicos	GK208
Design	AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date	3 April 2014	6 March 2014
Place in performance rating	1313	1314
Price now	$50
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	6.10
Technical info
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	552.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	160	384
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	11.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	1,270 million
Core clock speed		719 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 1.0 x4	PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x8
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	N / A
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	11	12 API
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		DDR3 / GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
PowerPlay
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
TXAA