Tegra X2 vs Radeon R5 230

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1322	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.97	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Caicos	GP10B
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	3 April 2014 (12 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	160	256
Core clock speed	no data	854 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1465 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.000	23.44
Floating-point processing power	0.2 TFLOPS	0.7501 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	16
TMUs	8	16
L1 Cache	16 KB	no data
L2 Cache	128 KB	no data

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	IGP
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	IGP
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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	no data	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB/s	no data

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 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography	40 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	15 Watt