Radeon R5 230 Overview

Radeon R5 230
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 3 Apr 2014

Core Configuration

GPU	Caicos
Architecture	ATI_TeraScale
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs	160 : 8 : 4
Raytracing Cores	none
Performance	200.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size	1024 Mb
Memory Bus Width	64 bit
Memory Speed	667 MHz 1334 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth	10.67 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

GeForce 9800 GT
100%
GeForce GT 630
92%
GeForce GT 440
92%
Radeon HD 8470D IGP
91%
Radeon HD 7540D IGP
86%
Radeon HD 6530D IGP
84%
GeForce 9600 GTX
82%
GeForce GT 620
80%
GeForce GT 430
80%
GeForce 8800 GS
78%
GeForce GT 240
76%
Iris Pro Graphics 6200
68%
GeForce 9600 GT
61%
Radeon R5 Graphics IGP
60%
Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)
60%
Radeon R5 230
59%
Radeon HD 6450
59%
Radeon HD 6410D IGP
57%
Radeon HD 4580
56%
Radeon HD 3750
56%
Radeon HD 7480D IGP
55%
Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)
53%
Radeon HD 3650
51%
Radeon HD 3730
51%
GeForce GT 230
46%
GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
46%
GeForce GT 610
46%
GeForce GT 520
46%
GeForce GT 220
42%
Radeon HD 3610
42%

Data interpolated by architecture, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon R5 230 is a graphics card released by AMD on 3 Apr 2014. The graphics card houses the Caicos die, based on the ATI_TeraScale architecture which packs 370 million transistors on a 40 nm, 67 mm2 die.

Radeon R5 230 pros and cons

Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards


	Radeon R5 230	GeForce 9800 GT
		compare
Shader units	160	112
ROPs	4	16
Graphics processor	Caicos	G92
Process size	40 nm	65 nm
Memory	1024 Mb DDR3 (667 MHz 1334 MHz effective)	512 Mb GDDR3 (900 MHz 1800 MHz effective)
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 bit
Memory bandwidth	10.67 Gb/s	57.60 Gb/s
Release date	3 Apr 2014	21 Jul 2008

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