AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM and AMD Radeon HD 8790M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 875 MHz vs 850 MHz

Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed	875 MHz vs 850 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8790M

3.1x more texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
2.5x better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 202
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1306 vs 277

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	751 vs 202
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306 vs 277

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8790M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

202

751

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

277

1306

Name	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM	AMD Radeon HD 8790M
PassMark - G2D Mark	202	751
PassMark - G3D Mark	277	1306
Geekbench - OpenCL		4743
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		80.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2014
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1607

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM	AMD Radeon HD 8790M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	GCN 1.0
Code name	Caicos	Mars
Launch date	21 December 2013	1 April 2013
Place in performance rating	824	826
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	875 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	280.0 gflops	691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	160	384
Texture fill rate	7 GTexel / s	21.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	1,040 million
Boost clock speed		850 MHz
Compute units		6
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory		0