AMD Radeon R5 230 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230
- Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- 5x more texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
- 64x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 64 MB
- 111x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 222 vs 2
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 255 vs 119
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 3 April 2014 vs 31 May 2005 |
| Texture fill rate | 5 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 150 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 64 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 222 vs 2 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 255 vs 119 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
- Around 90% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 19 Watt
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 Watt vs 19 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
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| Name | AMD Radeon R5 230 | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 222 | 2 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 255 | 119 |
| 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 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2480 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R5 230 | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Celsius |
| Code name | Caicos | NV18 C1 |
| Design | AMD Radeon R5 200 Series | |
| Launch date | 3 April 2014 | 31 May 2005 |
| Place in performance rating | 1319 | 1316 |
| Price now | $50 | |
| Type | Desktop | Workstation |
| Value for money (0-100) | 6.10 | |
Technical info |
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| Floating-point performance | 200.0 gflops | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 150 nm |
| Pipelines | 160 | |
| Texture fill rate | 5 GTexel / s | 1 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 19 Watt | 10 Watt |
| Transistor count | 370 million | 29 million |
| Core clock speed | 250 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | 1x DMS-59 |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 1.0 x4 | |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Length | 168 mm | 168 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | N / A | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 | 8.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 64 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 10.67 GB / s | 3.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory type | DDR3 | DDR |
| Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | |
Technologies |
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