AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand and NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand

NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 775 MHz
Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 16.5 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 96
Around 77% better floating-point performance: 528.0 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	31 May 2014 vs 9 January 2013
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	16.5 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 96
Floating-point performance	528.0 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M
PassMark - G3D Mark		438
PassMark - G2D Mark		119
Geekbench - OpenCL		2422
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3329

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Sun	GF117
Launch date	31 May 2014	9 January 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	1172
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	528.0 gflops	297.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	96
Texture fill rate	16.5 GTexel / s	12.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	585 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		15 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3