Radeon R5 230 vs GeForce GTX 660 OEM
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 660 OEM and Radeon R5 230, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
660 OEM outperforms R5 230 by a whopping 485% 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 | 804 | 1285 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.83 | 2.14 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GK104 | Caicos |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | no data | reference |
| Release date | 22 August 2012 (13 years ago) | 3 April 2014 (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 cores | 1152 | 160 |
| Core clock speed | 823 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 888 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 370 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 19 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 85.25 | 5.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.046 TFLOPS | 0.2 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 96 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 96 KB | 16 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 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 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | 168 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-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 | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1400 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 10.67 GB/s |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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 (11_0) | DirectX® 11 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | - |
| CUDA | 3.0 | - |
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 | 3.10 | 0.53 |
| Recency | 22 August 2012 | 3 April 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 19 Watt |
GTX 660 OEM has a 484.9% higher aggregate performance score, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
R5 230, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 584.2% lower power consumption.
The GeForce GTX 660 OEM is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 230 in performance tests.
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