NVIDIA GeForce 920M vs AMD Radeon R5 230

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920M 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 NVIDIA GeForce 920M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • 2.5x more texture fill rate: 12.4 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
  • 2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
  • Around 49% better floating-point performance: 297.6 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 720 vs 222
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1598 vs 439
  • 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3636 vs 992
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2480
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1598 vs 439
  • 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3636 vs 992
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2480
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 3 April 2014
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 160
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 720 vs 222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1598 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3636 vs 992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 2480
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1598 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3636 vs 992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 2480

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230

  • Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 33 Watt
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 255 vs 118
  • Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4127 vs 3704
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 255 vs 118
Geekbench - OpenCL 4127 vs 3704

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 230

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
720
222
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
118
255
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3704
4127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3636
992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2480
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3636
992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2480
Name NVIDIA GeForce 920M AMD Radeon R5 230
PassMark - G3D Mark 720 222
PassMark - G2D Mark 118 255
Geekbench - OpenCL 3704 4127
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 157.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.374
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 40.443
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1598 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3636 992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 2480
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1598 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3636 992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 2480
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 326

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 920M AMD Radeon R5 230

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GK208B Caicos
Launch date 13 March 2015 3 April 2014
Place in performance rating 1310 1311
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Price now $50
Value for money (0-100) 6.10

Technical info

Core clock speed 954 MHz
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 160
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s 5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 19 Watt
Transistor count 585 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

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 1.0 x4
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors N / A

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 10.67 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
​PowerPlay