AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand vs AMD Radeon R7 M265

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand and AMD Radeon R7 M265 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 M230 Rebrand

AMD Radeon R7 M265

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand

Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 850 MHz vs 825 MHz
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Boost clock speed	850 MHz vs 825 MHz
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M265

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 19.8 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 20% better floating-point performance: 633.6 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.8 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	633.6 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M265

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand	AMD Radeon R7 M265
PassMark - G3D Mark		546
PassMark - G2D Mark		138
Geekbench - OpenCL		5587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		12.031
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		282.111
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		21.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		68.392
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2424
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2424

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand	AMD Radeon R7 M265
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Sun	Topaz
Launch date	31 May 2014	20 May 2014
Place in performance rating	not rated	1409
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	825 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	528.0 gflops	633.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	384
Texture fill rate	16.5 GTexel / s	19.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	3,100 million
Compute units		6
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
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Mantle
OpenCL		Not Listed
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	32 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore