AMD Radeon R5 M230 vs AMD Radeon HD 8400E

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M230 and AMD Radeon HD 8400E 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M230

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 414 vs 276
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 128 vs 113
  • Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1927 vs 980
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2401 vs 1665
  • Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1927 vs 980
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2401 vs 1665
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2014 vs 23 April 2013
Core clock speed 825 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 414 vs 276
PassMark - G2D Mark 128 vs 113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1927 vs 980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2401 vs 1665
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1927 vs 980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2401 vs 1665

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8400E

  • Around 59% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7310 vs 4596
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 7310 vs 4596

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M230
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8400E

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
414
276
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
128
113
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4596
7310
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1927
980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2401
1665
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1927
980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2401
1665
Name AMD Radeon R5 M230 AMD Radeon HD 8400E
PassMark - G3D Mark 414 276
PassMark - G2D Mark 128 113
Geekbench - OpenCL 4596 7310
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 980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2401 1665
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1927 980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2401 1665

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 M230 AMD Radeon HD 8400E

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Jet Kalindi
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date 7 January 2014 23 April 2013
Place in performance rating 1440 1442
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 855 MHz
Compute units 5
Core clock speed 825 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 547.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 320
Texture fill rate 17.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,178 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 IGP

API support

DirectX 11 12.0 (12_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
HD3D
Powerplay
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore