Radeon R5 230 vs RX 5500
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon RX 5500 and Radeon R5 230, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RX 5500 outperforms R5 230 by a whopping 4310% 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 | 300 | 1304 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 14.82 | 1.95 |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Navi 14 | Caicos |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | no data | reference |
| Release date | 7 October 2019 (6 years ago) | 3 April 2014 (12 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 | 1408 | 160 |
| Boost clock speed | 1845 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 6,400 million | 370 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 19 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 162.4 | 5.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.196 TFLOPS | 0.2 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 88 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 16 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 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 | no data | PCIe 1.0 x4 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 180 mm | 168 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | N/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 type | GDDR6 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | 10.67 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x 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 | - | + |
| 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 | 12.0 (12_1) | DirectX® 11 |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
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 | 21.17 | 0.48 |
| Recency | 7 October 2019 | 3 April 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 19 Watt |
RX 5500 has a 4310% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 471% more advanced lithography process.
R5 230, on the other hand, has 479% lower power consumption.
The Radeon RX 5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 230 in performance tests.
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