AMD Radeon R5 A230 vs AMD Radeon R6 M255DX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 A230 and AMD Radeon R6 M255DX 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R5 A230

AMD Radeon R6 M255DX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R6 M255DX

Around 80% higher pipelines: 576 vs 320

Pipelines	576 vs 320

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 A230
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R6 M255DX

Name	AMD Radeon R5 A230	AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
Geekbench - OpenCL		17123
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1055
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3563
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3563
PassMark - G2D Mark		116
PassMark - G3D Mark		605

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 A230	AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
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	1198
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	855 MHz	855 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	780 MHz
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	576
Texture fill rate	17.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	IGP
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory		1
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay