Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand vs GeForce GTX 1650 TU116

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	TU116	Sun
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	7 July 2020 (3 years ago)	1 March 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	896	320
Core clock speed	no data	750 MHz
Boost clock speed	1590 MHz	825 MHz
Number of transistors	6,600 million	690 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	89.04	16.50
Floating-point performance	no data	528.0 gflops

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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 type	GDDR6	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	12 GB/s	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	14.4 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.5	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2	1.2.131
CUDA	7.5	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 July 2020	1 March 2013
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	28 nm

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