AMD Radeon R5 M230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M 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 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 17.1 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 96
  • Around 84% better floating-point performance: 547.2 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 128 vs 119
  • Around 90% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4596 vs 2422
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2014 vs 9 January 2013
Core clock speed 825 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 17.1 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 96
Floating-point performance 547.2 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 128 vs 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 4596 vs 2422

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

  • Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 438 vs 417
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1019 vs 985
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2843 vs 1927
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3329 vs 2401
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1019 vs 985
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2843 vs 1927
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3329 vs 2401
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 438 vs 417
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1019 vs 985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2843 vs 1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3329 vs 2401
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1019 vs 985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2843 vs 1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3329 vs 2401

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
417
438
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
128
119
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4596
2422
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
985
1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1927
2843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2401
3329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
985
1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1927
2843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2401
3329
Name AMD Radeon R5 M230 NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M
PassMark - G3D Mark 417 438
PassMark - G2D Mark 128 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 4596 2422
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 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1927 2843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2401 3329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 985 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1927 2843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2401 3329

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 M230 NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Jet GF117
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date 7 January 2014 9 January 2013
Place in performance rating 1445 1172
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 855 MHz
Compute units 5
Core clock speed 825 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 547.2 gflops 297.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 320 96
Texture fill rate 17.1 GTexel / s 12.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 585 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 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 PCIe 2.0 x16

API support

DirectX 11 12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
HD3D
Powerplay
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore