GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon R5 230

Place in performance ranking	1170	4
Place by popularity	not in top-100	74
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	21.28
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	Caicos	AD103-400-A1
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	3 April 2014 (10 years ago)	31 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$999
Current price	$76	$1202 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R5 230 and RTX 4080 SUPER have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	160	10240
Core clock speed	no data	2295 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2550 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	320 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.000	816.0
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	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	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	168 mm	310 mm
Width	1-slot	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	N/A	1x 16-pin

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	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	23000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB/s	716.8 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	-	no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data
PowerPlay	+	no data
DDMA audio	-	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.7
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	no data	1.3
Mantle	-	no data
CUDA	no data	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R5 230 0.57

RTX 4080 SUPER 88.18
+15370%

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER outperforms Radeon R5 230 by 15370% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R5 230 221

RTX 4080 SUPER 34055
+15310%

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER outperforms Radeon R5 230 by 15310% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	1−2 −25300%	254 +25300%
1440p	1−2 −17800%	179 +17800%
4K	0−1	117

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −23400%	235 +23400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −28000%	281 +28000%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −24300%	240−250 +24300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	120−130
Far Cry 5	0−1	110−120
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −20000%	200−210 +20000%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −17100%	344 +17100%
Hitman 3	0−1	120−130
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −16667%	503 +16667%
Metro Exodus	0−1	150−160
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	120−130
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4 −20367%	614 +20367%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	140−150

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −21100%	212 +21100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −23600%	237 +23600%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −24300%	240−250 +24300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	120−130
Far Cry 5	0−1	110−120
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −20000%	200−210 +20000%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −26900%	270−280 +26900%
Hitman 3	0−1	120−130
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −18450%	350−400 +18450%
Metro Exodus	0−1	95
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	120−130
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4 −18833%	568 +18833%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −18133%	547 +18133%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	140−150

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −15700%	158 +15700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −20800%	209 +20800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	120−130
Far Cry 5	0−1	110−120
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −16000%	322 +16000%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −21150%	425 +21150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4 −17467%	527 +17467%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −26200%	263 +26200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	145

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

120−130

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −16500%	160−170 +16500%
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	140−150

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	135
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −16400%	165 +16400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	110−120
Far Cry 5	1−2 −21200%	213 +21200%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −30500%	306 +30500%
Hitman 3	0−1	120−130
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −17150%	345 +17150%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −17000%	171 +17000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 −19750%	397 +19750%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −22000%	221 +22000%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	127

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

120−130

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	85−90
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	65−70
Hitman 3	0−1	80−85
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −16800%	169 +16800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	135
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −20300%	204 +20300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	96
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	99
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	50−55
Far Cry 5	0−1	50−55
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −30400%	305 +30400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −20500%	206 +20500%
Metro Exodus	0−1	142
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	81

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

110−120

This is how R5 230 and RTX 4080 SUPER compete in popular games:

RTX 4080 SUPER is 25300% faster in 1080p
RTX 4080 SUPER is 17800% faster in 1440p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.57	88.18
Recency	3 April 2014	31 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	320 Watt