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    Radeon R5 M230 vs Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2

    Radeon R5 M230
    Memory: 4096Mb DDR3MOBILE
    Release date: 7 Jan 2014
    Radeon R5 M230
    Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5MOBILE
    Release date: 6 Dec 2015
    Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2
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    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • Radeon R5 M230
      100%
    • Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2
      106%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider Radeon R5 M230

    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Mantle
    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Around 6% higher average synthetic performance.
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Mantle
    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2

    HWBench recommends Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2

    The Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    Radeon R5 M230Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2
    GPU NameJet (Jet PRO)vsOpal (Opal PRO)
    Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size77 mm²vs77 mm²
    Transistors1,040 millionvs1,040 million
    Shaders320vs384
    Compute Units5vs6
    Core clock780 MHzvs620 MHz
    ROPs8vs8
    TMUs20vs24

    Memory Configuration

    Radeon R5 M230Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2
    Memory TypeDDR3vsGDDR5
    Bus Width64 bitvs128 bit
    Memory Speed1000 MHz
    2000 MHz effective    		vs1000 MHz
    4000 MHz effective
    Memory Size4096 Mbvs1024 Mb

    Additional details

    Radeon R5 M230Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2
    TDP0 wattsvs0 watts
    Release Date7 Jan 2014vs6 Dec 2015

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • Radeon R5 M230
      6.84 GP/s
    • Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2
      5.72 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • Radeon R5 M230
      17.10 GT/s
    • Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2
      17.16 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • Radeon R5 M230
      16.00 GB/s
    • Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2
      64.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • Radeon R5 M230
      547.20 GFLOPs
    • Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2
      549.10 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • Radeon R5 M230
      1770
    • Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2
      1880

    Points (higher is better)

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