Radeon R5 M435 vs R5 230
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R5 230 with Radeon R5 M435, including specs and performance data.
R5 M435 outperforms R5 230 by a whopping 333% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1304 | 927 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.95 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Caicos | Jet |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Design | reference | no data |
| Release date | 3 April 2014 (12 years ago) | 15 May 2016 (9 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 cores | 160 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 780 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1030 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 690 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 19 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 5.000 | 20.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2 TFLOPS | 0.6592 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | 20 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | 80 KB |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 128 KB |
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 support | PCIe 1.0 x4 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 168 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | N/A | 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 | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1125 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 10.67 GB/s | 36 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | No outputs |
| 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 and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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.
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 | 0.48 | 2.08 |
| Recency | 3 April 2014 | 15 May 2016 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
R5 230 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
R5 M435, on the other hand, has a 333% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 43% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon R5 M435 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 230 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon R5 230 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon R5 M435 is a notebook one.
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