NVIDIA GeForce 820M vs AMD Radeon R5 M230

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 820M 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: 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 NVIDIA GeForce 820M

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 1000 MHz
• Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 490 vs 417
• Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 161.305 vs 143.386
• Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1195 vs 985
• Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 2401
• Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1195 vs 985
• Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 2401

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M230

• Around 2% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 810 MHz
• Around 71% higher texture fill rate: 17.1 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
• 3.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 96
• 2.3x better floating-point performance: 547.2 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
• 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
• Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 128 vs 114
• Around 65% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4596 vs 2789
• Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.593 vs 7.765
• Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.852 vs 0.686
• Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 15.789 vs 14.257
• 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 49.196 vs 22.768
• Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1927 vs 1447
• Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1927 vs 1447

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 820M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M230

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	490 417
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	114 128
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	2789 4596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7.765 8.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	161.305 143.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.686 0.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	14.257 15.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	22.768 49.196
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1195 985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1447 1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3349 2401
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1195 985
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1447 1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3349 2401

Compare specifications (specs)