AMD Radeon R5 M230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M 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 9 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
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 547.2 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 128 vs 119
  • Around 77% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4596 vs 2602
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.593 vs 6.901
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.852 vs 0.587
  • Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 15.789 vs 10.121
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 49.196 vs 22.755
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2401 vs 2035
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2401 vs 2035
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2014 vs 1 April 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 240.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 128 vs 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 4596 vs 2602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.593 vs 6.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.852 vs 0.587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.789 vs 10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 49.196 vs 22.755
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2401 vs 2035
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2401 vs 2035

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 938 MHz vs 855 MHz
  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 460 vs 414
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 146.913 vs 143.386
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1047 vs 985
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2570 vs 1927
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1047 vs 985
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2570 vs 1927
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 938 MHz vs 855 MHz
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 460 vs 414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 146.913 vs 143.386
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1047 vs 985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2570 vs 1927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1047 vs 985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2570 vs 1927

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
414
460
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
128
119
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4596
2602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.593
6.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
143.386
146.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.852
0.587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.789
10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
49.196
22.755
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
985
1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1927
2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2401
2035
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
985
1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1927
2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2401
2035
Name AMD Radeon R5 M230 NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
PassMark - G3D Mark 414 460
PassMark - G2D Mark 128 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 4596 2602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.593 6.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 143.386 146.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.852 0.587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.789 10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 49.196 22.755
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 985 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1927 2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2401 2035
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 985 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1927 2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2401 2035

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 M230 NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Jet GF117
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date 7 January 2014 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 1441 1444
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 855 MHz 938 MHz
Compute units 5
Core clock speed 825 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 547.2 gflops 240.0 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) 33 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 2560x1600
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 2560x1600
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8 PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11 12 API
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed 1.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
HD3D
Powerplay
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus