AMD Radeon R5 A230 vs AMD Radeon R5 M230

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 A230 and AMD Radeon R5 M230 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, 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).

AMD Radeon R5 A230

AMD Radeon R5 M230

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 A230

2x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M230

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 780 MHz

Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 780 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 A230
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M230

Name	AMD Radeon R5 A230	AMD Radeon R5 M230
PassMark - G3D Mark		414
PassMark - G2D Mark		128
Geekbench - OpenCL		4596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		143.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		15.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		49.196
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2401
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2401

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 A230	AMD Radeon R5 M230
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Jet	Jet
Launch date	7 January 2014	7 January 2014
Place in performance rating	not rated	1440
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	855 MHz	855 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops	547.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	320
Texture fill rate	17.1 GTexel / s	17.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,040 million
Compute units		5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support		PCIe 3.0 x8
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Mantle
OpenCL		Not Listed
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	16 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
HD3D
Powerplay
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore