RTX A5000 vs Radeon R5 230

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 230 with RTX A5000, including specs and performance data.

R5 230
2014
4 GB DDR3, 19 Watt
0.57

RTX A5000 outperforms R5 230 by a whopping 10296% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking120836
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.0917.93
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameCaicosGA102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Designreferenceno data
Release date3 April 2014 (10 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 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 cores1608192
Core clock speedno data1170 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistors370 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt230 Watt
Texture fill rate5.000433.9
Floating-point processing power0.2 TFLOPS27.77 TFLOPS
ROPs496
TMUs8256
Tensor Coresno data256
Ray Tracing Coresno data64

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).

Bus supportPCIe 1.0 x4no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length168 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsN/A1x 8-pin

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB24 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.67 GB/s768.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA4x DisplayPort 1.4a
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+-
​PowerPlay+no data
DDMA audio-no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R5 230 0.57
RTX A5000 59.26
+10296%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R5 230 221
RTX A5000 22862
+10245%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.57 59.26
Recency 3 April 2014 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 230 Watt

R5 230 has 1110.5% lower power consumption.

RTX A5000, on the other hand, has a 10296.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 230 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 230 is a desktop card while RTX A5000 is a workstation one.


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