AMD Radeon R5 M230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M 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 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
• Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 855 MHz vs 715 MHz
• 3.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 96
• 2.2x better floating-point performance: 547.2 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
• Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 128 vs 126
• 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4596 vs 2141
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.593 vs 4.233
• Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.852 vs 0.519
• 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 15.789 vs 7.151
• 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 49.196 vs 16.605
• Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1927 vs 1595
• Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1927 vs 1595

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M

• Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
• Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 432 vs 417
• Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 161.144 vs 143.386
• Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1032 vs 985
• Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1032 vs 985

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	417 432
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	128 126
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	4596 2141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.593 4.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	143.386 161.144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.852 0.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	15.789 7.151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	49.196 16.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	985 1032
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1927 1595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2401 2392
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	985 1032
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1927 1595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2401 2392

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