Radeon R5 230 vs ATI HD 4860

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1260
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data2.13
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameRV790Caicos
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date9 September 2009 (15 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 cores640160
Core clock speed700 MHzno data
Number of transistors959 million370 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt19 Watt
Texture fill rate22.405.000
Floating-point processing power0.896 TFLOPS0.2 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs328

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 supportno dataPCIe 1.0 x4
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinN/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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s10.67 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x 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-+
​PowerPlayno data+
DDMA audiono data-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)DirectX® 11
Shader Model4.15.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 September 2009 3 April 2014
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 19 Watt

R5 230 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 584.2% lower power consumption.

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