AMD Radeon R5 M315 vs AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M315 and AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R5 M315

AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M315

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 55% higher core clock speed: 970 MHz vs 625 MHz
4.7x more texture fill rate: 23.28 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 320 vs 160
3.7x better floating-point performance: 745.0 gflops vs 200.0 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 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2761 vs 1681
Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2761 vs 1681

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed	970 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.28 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 160
Floating-point performance	745.0 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2761 vs 1681
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2761 vs 1681

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1334 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Memory clock speed	1334 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M315
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2761

1681

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2761

1681

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M315	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	478
PassMark - G2D Mark	143
Geekbench - OpenCL	3573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	780
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2761	1681
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2761	1681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3290

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M315	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Meso	Caicos
Design	AMD Radeon R5 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	1156	1158
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	970 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	745.0 gflops	200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	320	160
Texture fill rate	23.28 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	3,100 million	370 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		19 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	10.67 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1334 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore