AMD Radeon R5 230 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M 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).

AMD Radeon R5 230

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
5x more pipelines: 160 vs 32
2x better floating-point performance: 200.0 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 50 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 222 vs 173
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 255 vs 135
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2480 vs 2337
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2480 vs 2337

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2014 vs 1 October 2008
Pipelines	160 vs 32
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	222 vs 173
PassMark - G2D Mark	255 vs 135
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2480 vs 2337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2480 vs 2337

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

2x more texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

222

173

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

255

135

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2480

2337

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2480

2337

Name	AMD Radeon R5 230	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
PassMark - G3D Mark	222	173
PassMark - G2D Mark	255	135
Geekbench - OpenCL	4127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	439
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	992
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2480	2337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2480	2337

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 230	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Caicos	G96
Design	AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date	3 April 2014	1 October 2008
Place in performance rating	1319	1314
Price now	$50
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	6.10
Technical info
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	99.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	160	32
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	314 million
Core clock speed		625 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
HDCP
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 1.0 x4
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	N / A
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
PowerPlay
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD