Radeon R5 230 vs R7 265

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 265 and Radeon R5 230, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 265
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
10.42
+1728%

R7 265 outperforms R5 230 by a whopping 1728% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4381209
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.28no data
Power efficiency4.762.06
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code namePitcairnCaicos
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferencereference
Release date13 February 2014 (10 years ago)3 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1024160
Boost clock speed925 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million370 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt19 Watt
Texture fill rate59.205.000
Floating-point processing power1.894 TFLOPS0.2 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs648

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 3.0PCIe 1.0 x4
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mm168 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinN/A

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s10.67 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Eyefinity++
HDMI++

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire++
FreeSync+-
​PowerPlayno data+
DDMA audio+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 12DirectX® 11
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2

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 10.42 0.57
Recency 13 February 2014 3 April 2014
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 19 Watt

R7 265 has a 1728.1% higher aggregate performance score, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

R5 230, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month, and 689.5% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R7 265 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 230 in performance tests.


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