AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand vs Intel HD Graphics 4400

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand and Intel HD Graphics 4400 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand

Intel HD Graphics 4400

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 350 MHz
3.6x more texture fill rate: 16.5 GTexel / s vs 4.6 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 320 vs 20
11.5x better floating-point performance: 528.0 gflops vs 46 gflops

Launch date	31 May 2014 vs 3 September 2013
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	16.5 GTexel / s vs 4.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 20
Floating-point performance	528.0 gflops vs 46 gflops

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4400

Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 850 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm

Boost clock speed	1150 MHz vs 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 4400

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand	Intel HD Graphics 4400
PassMark - G3D Mark		524
PassMark - G2D Mark		275
Geekbench - OpenCL		2143
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		7.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		154.696
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		9.084
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		8.335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1381
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1381
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3044
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		152

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand	Intel HD Graphics 4400
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Generation 7.5
Code name	Sun	Haswell GT2
Launch date	31 May 2014	3 September 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	1421
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	528.0 gflops	46 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	320	20
Texture fill rate	16.5 GTexel / s	4.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	392 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		20 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory		1
Technologies
Quick Sync