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.

NVIDIA GeForce 920M

AMD Radeon R5 230

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: 721 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	721 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 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4127 vs 3697

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	255 vs 118
Geekbench - OpenCL	4127 vs 3697

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

721

222

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

118

255

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3697

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	721	222
PassMark - G2D Mark	118	255
Geekbench - OpenCL	3697	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