Radeon R5 230 OEM vs R7 350

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking603not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.97no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameCape VerdeCaicos
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 July 2016 (8 years ago)21 December 2013 (11 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 cores512160
Core clock speed800 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million370 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt19 Watt
Texture fill rate25.605.000
Floating-point processing power0.8192 TFLOPS0.2 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs328

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mm168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz667 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 July 2016 21 December 2013
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 19 Watt

R7 350 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

R5 230 OEM, on the other hand, has 189.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 350 and Radeon R5 230 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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