NVIDIA GRID M40 vs AMD Radeon R5 M230

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M40 and AMD Radeon R5 M230 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/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).

NVIDIA GRID M40

AMD Radeon R5 M230

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 825 MHz
Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 855 MHz
5.4x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.064 vs 8.593
4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 576.664 vs 143.386
Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 18.529 vs 15.789
Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 87.629 vs 49.196

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 May 2016 vs 7 January 2014
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 825 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 855 MHz
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.064 vs 8.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	576.664 vs 143.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.529 vs 15.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	87.629 vs 49.196

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M40
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M230

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.064

8.593

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

576.664

143.386

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18.529

15.789

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.629

49.196

Name	NVIDIA GRID M40	AMD Radeon R5 M230
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.064	8.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	576.664	143.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.529	15.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	87.629	49.196
PassMark - G3D Mark		416
PassMark - G2D Mark		129
Geekbench - OpenCL		4543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.852
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2401
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2401

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M40	AMD Radeon R5 M230
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM107	Jet
Launch date	18 May 2016	7 January 2014
Place in performance rating	1431	1434
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	855 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,040 million
Compute units		5
Floating-point performance		547.2 gflops
Pipelines		320
Texture fill rate		17.1 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support		PCIe 3.0 x8
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Mantle
OpenCL		Not Listed
Memory
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	1000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		16 GB/s
Memory bus width		64 bit
Memory type		DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
HD3D
Powerplay
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore