Radeon R5 235X OEM vs GeForce 830A

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking776not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.45no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGM108Caicos
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date22 July 2014 (10 years ago)21 December 2013 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores256160
Core clock speed1082 MHz875 MHz
Boost clock speed1150 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data370 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate18.407.000
Floating-point processing power0.5888 TFLOPS0.28 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs168

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s14.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 July 2014 21 December 2013
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 18 Watt

GeForce 830A has an age advantage of 7 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

R5 235X OEM, on the other hand, has 83.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 830A and Radeon R5 235X OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 830A is a notebook card while Radeon R5 235X OEM is a desktop one.


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