AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM vs AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM and AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM

AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 6.2 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Around 24% better floating-point performance: 248.0 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1334 MHz

Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.2 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	248.0 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1334 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Around 84% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 35 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark	545
PassMark - G3D Mark	332
Geekbench - OpenCL	770
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	110.092
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.228
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	5.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	23.621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1681
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3290

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Caicos	Caicos
Launch date	5 May 2015	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	1125	1127
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	248.0 gflops	200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	160
Texture fill rate	6.2 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	19 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	10.67 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1334 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3