AMD Radeon R7 M445 vs AMD Radeon R5 230

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M445 and AMD Radeon R5 230 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 R7 M445

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 3.7x more texture fill rate: 18.4 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 320 vs 160
  • 2.9x better floating-point performance: 588.8 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 944 vs 222
  • Around 30% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5345 vs 4127
  • 4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1913 vs 439
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2138 vs 992
  • 4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1913 vs 439
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2138 vs 992
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2016 vs 3 April 2014
Texture fill rate 18.4 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 160
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 944 vs 222
Geekbench - OpenCL 5345 vs 4127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1913 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2138 vs 992
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1913 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2138 vs 992

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230

  • Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 15-25 Watt
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 255 vs 176
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2480 vs 1853
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2480 vs 1853
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 15-25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 255 vs 176
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2480 vs 1853
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2480 vs 1853

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M445
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 230

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
944
222
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
176
255
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5345
4127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1913
439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2138
992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1853
2480
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1913
439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2138
992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1853
2480
Name AMD Radeon R7 M445 AMD Radeon R5 230
PassMark - G3D Mark 944 222
PassMark - G2D Mark 176 255
Geekbench - OpenCL 5345 4127
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 278.624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.335
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 54.067
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1913 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2138 992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1853 2480
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1913 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2138 992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1853 2480

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M445 AMD Radeon R5 230

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Meso Caicos
Launch date 15 May 2016 3 April 2014
Place in performance rating 1309 1311
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Price now $50
Value for money (0-100) 6.10

Technical info

Boost clock speed 920 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 320 160
Texture fill rate 18.4 GTexel / s 5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15-25 Watt 19 Watt
Transistor count 3,100 million 370 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 1.0 x4
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors N / A

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 32 GB / s 10.67 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
​PowerPlay