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: 803 vs 323
  • 4.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 288 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 803 vs 323
PassMark - G2D Mark 288 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
  • 10x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6073 vs 610
  • 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 610
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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
803
323
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
288
70
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
610
6073
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2113
3233
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2113
3233
Name ATI Radeon HD 5670 NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
PassMark - G3D Mark 803 323
PassMark - G2D Mark 288 70
Geekbench - OpenCL 610 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

Essentials

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 1420 1421
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $43.99
Value for money (0-100) 13.94

Technical info

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

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

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

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)