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: 129 vs 119
• Around 74% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4543 vs 2609
• 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

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: 462 vs 416
• 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

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	416 462
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	129 119
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	4543 2609
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

Compare specifications (specs)