AMD Radeon R5 M230 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M230 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450 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) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 72% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 480 MHz
  • 20x more pipelines: 320 vs 2x 8
  • 14.3x better floating-point performance: 547.2 gflops vs 2x 19.2 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 2x 256 MB
  • 6.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 417 vs 67
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 128 vs 89
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2014 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed 825 MHz vs 480 MHz
Pipelines 320 vs 2x 8
Floating-point performance 547.2 gflops vs 2x 19.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2x 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 417 vs 67
PassMark - G2D Mark 128 vs 89

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450

  • Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 2x 3.84 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 17.1 GTexel / s
  • Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 3.84 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 17.1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M230
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
417
67
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
128
89
Name AMD Radeon R5 M230 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450
PassMark - G3D Mark 417 67
PassMark - G2D Mark 128 89
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2401

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 M230 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Tesla
Code name Jet G98
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date 7 January 2014 11 November 2008
Place in performance rating 1445 1442
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $163.14
Price now $168
Value for money (0-100) 0.71

Technical info

Boost clock speed 855 MHz
Compute units 5
Core clock speed 825 MHz 480 MHz
Floating-point performance 547.2 gflops 2x 19.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 320 2x 8
Texture fill rate 17.1 GTexel / s 2x 3.84 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count 1,040 million 210 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s 2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1400 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
HD3D
Powerplay
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore