Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand vs GeForce GT 640M LE

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking983not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Power efficiency3.97no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGF108Sun
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 May 2012 (13 years ago)1 March 2013 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$849.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 coresUp to 384320
Core clock speedUp to 500 MHz750 MHz
Boost clock speedno data825 MHz
Number of transistors585 million690 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Wattno data
Texture fill rate12.0516.50
Floating-point processing power0.289 TFLOPS0.528 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs1620
L1 Cache128 KB80 KB
L2 Cache256 KB128 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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8

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 typeDDR3\DDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed785 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 28.8 GB/s14.4 GB/s
Shared memory-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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
Optimus+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 API12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 May 2012 1 March 2013
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

R5 M230 Rebrand has an age advantage of 9 months, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

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