Radeon R5 A230 vs GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 191 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 21.05 | no data |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | TU106B | Jet |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 29 January 2019 (6 years ago) | 7 January 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 | 2304 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 1305 MHz | 780 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1485 MHz | 855 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 10,800 million | 690 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 115 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 213.8 | 17.10 |
| Floating-point processing power | 6.843 TFLOPS | 0.5472 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 8 |
| TMUs | 144 | 20 |
| Tensor Cores | 288 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 36 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 2.3 MB | 80 KB |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 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 type | GDDR6 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | 16 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| G-SYNC support | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| VR Ready | + | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 7.5 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 29 January 2019 | 7 January 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 28 nm |
RTX 2070 Mobile has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile and Radeon R5 A230. We've got no test results to judge.
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