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).

AMD Radeon R5 M230

AMD Radeon HD 8400E

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	1441	1443
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
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