AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 vs AMD Radeon R5 230

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 and AMD Radeon R5 230 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 RX Vega 7

AMD Radeon R5 230

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.8x more pipelines: 448 vs 160
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 40 nm
2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11203 vs 4127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Jan 2020 vs 3 April 2014
Pipelines	448 vs 160
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	11203 vs 4127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 230

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11203

4127

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	AMD Radeon R5 230
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1069
Geekbench - OpenCL	11203	4127
PassMark - G3D Mark		222
PassMark - G2D Mark		255
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		439
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		992
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2480
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2480

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	AMD Radeon R5 230
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	TeraScale 2
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Caicos
Launch date	7 Jan 2020	3 April 2014
Place in performance rating	1317	1319
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Price now		$50
Value for money (0-100)		6.10
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	448	160
Floating-point performance		200.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		19 Watt
Transistor count		370 million
API support
DirectX	12.1	11
OpenGL		4.4
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCIe 1.0 x4
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		N / A
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		10.67 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory type		DDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
PowerPlay