AMD Radeon R7 M265DX vs AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M265DX 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R7 M265DX

AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M265DX

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 625 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm

Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M265DX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M265DX	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	15678
PassMark - G2D Mark	138
PassMark - G3D Mark	499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1681
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3290

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M265DX	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Jet	Caicos
Launch date	7 January 2014	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	1144	1145
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	855 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Transistor count	1,040 million	370 million
Floating-point performance		200.0 gflops
Pipelines		160
Texture fill rate		5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		19 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		10.67 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1334 MHz
Memory type		DDR3