AMD Radeon R5 M230 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M230 and NVIDIA GeForce 8300 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

NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M230

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 417 vs 102
7.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2401 vs 329
7.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2401 vs 329

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2014 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	417 vs 102
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2401 vs 329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2401 vs 329

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 128

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 128

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

417

102

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

128

168

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2401

329

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2401

329

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M230	NVIDIA GeForce 8300
PassMark - G3D Mark	417	102
PassMark - G2D Mark	128	168
Geekbench - OpenCL	4596
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2401	329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2401	329

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M230	NVIDIA GeForce 8300
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Jet	C78
Design	AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date	7 January 2014	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1445	1443
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$22.68
Value for money (0-100)		5.26
Technical info
Boost clock speed	855 MHz
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	825 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	17.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	210 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		40 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCI
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
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