ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 vs R5 M230

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1085	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code name	Jet	RS485
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2014 (10 years ago)	23 May 2006 (18 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	320	6
Compute units	5	no data
Core clock speed	825 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	855 MHz	400 MHz
Number of transistors	690 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	no data
Texture fill rate	17.10	0.8
Floating-point processing power	0.5472 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	2
TMUs	20	2

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 3.0 x8	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

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	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity	+	-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	+	-
HD3D	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
DualGraphics	+	-
ZeroCore	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	9.0
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
OpenCL	Not Listed	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A
Mantle	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 January 2014	23 May 2006
Chip lithography	28 nm	110 nm

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