AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 350 MHz
4.4x more texture fill rate: 6.2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 164 vs 122
19.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 336 vs 17

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	164 vs 122
PassMark - G3D Mark	336 vs 17

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

164

122

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

336

Name	AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
PassMark - G2D Mark	164	122
PassMark - G3D Mark	336	17
Geekbench - OpenCL	782

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Rankine
Code name	Caicos	NV31 A1
Design	AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date	21 December 2013	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1277	1274
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	160
Texture fill rate	6.2 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm	191 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	11	9.0a
OpenGL	4.4	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity