ATI Radeon HD 5670 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5670 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5670
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
- Around 19% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 650 MHz
- 8.3x more pipelines: 400 vs 48
- 4x better floating-point performance: 620.0 gflops vs 156 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
- Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 64 Watt vs 75 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
- 2.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
- 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 801 vs 323
- 4.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 291 vs 70
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 14 January 2010 vs 12 October 2009 |
| Core clock speed | 775 MHz vs 650 MHz |
| Pipelines | 400 vs 48 |
| Floating-point performance | 620.0 gflops vs 156 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 55 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 64 Watt vs 75 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 801 vs 323 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 291 vs 70 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
- Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 15.5 GTexel / s
- 8.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6073 vs 693
- Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3233 vs 2113
- Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3233 vs 2113
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 15.6 GTexel / s vs 15.5 GTexel / s |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 6073 vs 693 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3233 vs 2113 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3233 vs 2113 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5670
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
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| Name | ATI Radeon HD 5670 | NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 801 | 323 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 291 | 70 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 693 | 6073 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 3.914 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 184.557 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.319 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 12.627 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 27.325 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1462 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1129 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2113 | 3233 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1462 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1129 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2113 | 3233 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| ATI Radeon HD 5670 | NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
| Code name | Redwood | G94B |
| Design | ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series | |
| Launch date | 14 January 2010 | 12 October 2009 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $119 | $43.99 |
| Place in performance rating | 1427 | 1428 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Price now | $43.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 13.94 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 775 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 775 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 620.0 gflops | 156 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 400 | 48 |
| Stream Processors | 400 | |
| Texture fill rate | 15.5 GTexel / s | 15.6 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 64 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Transistor count | 627 million | 505 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | No outputs |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 168 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 57.6 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Technologies |
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