Intel HD Graphics 630 vs AMD Radeon R5 230

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 630 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 630

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 5.5x more texture fill rate: 27.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
  • 2.2x better floating-point performance: 441.6 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 19 Watt
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 4 GB
  • 5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1114 vs 222
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 268 vs 255
  • Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4554 vs 4127
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1859 vs 439
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1945 vs 992
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3344 vs 2480
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1859 vs 439
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1945 vs 992
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3344 vs 2480
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 August 2016 vs 3 April 2014
Texture fill rate 27.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 441.6 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 19 Watt
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1114 vs 222
PassMark - G2D Mark 268 vs 255
Geekbench - OpenCL 4554 vs 4127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1859 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1945 vs 992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3344 vs 2480
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1859 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1945 vs 992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3344 vs 2480

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230

  • 6.7x more pipelines: 160 vs 24
Pipelines 160 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 230

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1114
222
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
268
255
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4554
4127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1859
439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1945
992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3344
2480
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1859
439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1945
992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3344
2480
Name Intel HD Graphics 630 AMD Radeon R5 230
PassMark - G3D Mark 1114 222
PassMark - G2D Mark 268 255
Geekbench - OpenCL 4554 4127
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 27.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 312.246
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 20.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 32.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1859 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1945 992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3344 2480
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1859 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1945 992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3344 2480
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 388

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 630 AMD Radeon R5 230

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 TeraScale 2
Code name Kaby Lake GT2 Caicos
Launch date 30 August 2016 3 April 2014
Place in performance rating 1216 1319
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Price now $50
Value for money (0-100) 6.10

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 350 MHz
Floating-point performance 441.6 gflops 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 24 160
Texture fill rate 27.6 GTexel / s 5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 19 Watt
Transistor count 189 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 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 1.0 x4
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors N / A

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 4 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4 DDR3
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 10.67 GB / s

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
​PowerPlay