AMD Radeon R5 M230 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M230 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 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 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 17.1 GTexel / s vs 15.6 billion / sec
  • 6.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 48
  • 3.5x better floating-point performance: 547.2 gflops vs 156 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 416 vs 330
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 128 vs 79
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2401 vs 2239
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2401 vs 2239
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2014 vs 23 October 2008
Texture fill rate 17.1 GTexel / s vs 15.6 billion / sec
Pipelines 320 vs 48
Floating-point performance 547.2 gflops vs 156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 416 vs 330
PassMark - G2D Mark 128 vs 79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2401 vs 2239
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2401 vs 2239

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

  • Around 97% higher core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 825 MHz
Core clock speed 1625 MHz vs 825 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
416
330
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
128
79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2401
2239
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2401
2239
Name AMD Radeon R5 M230 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
PassMark - G3D Mark 416 330
PassMark - G2D Mark 128 79
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 2239
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2401 2239

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 M230 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Tesla
Code name Jet G94
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date 7 January 2014 23 October 2008
Place in performance rating 1439 1436
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 855 MHz
Compute units 5
Core clock speed 825 MHz 1625 MHz
Floating-point performance 547.2 gflops 156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 320 48
Texture fill rate 17.1 GTexel / s 15.6 billion / sec
Transistor count 1,040 million 505 million
CUDA cores 48
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Two Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
HD3D
Powerplay
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
CUDA