ATI Radeon HD 4270 vs R5 230

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1205	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.09	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	RV6xx (2008−2010)
GPU code name	Caicos	RS880M
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	3 April 2014 (10 years ago)	1 May 2010 (14 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	160	40
Core clock speed	no data	590 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	5.000	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.2 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	no data
TMUs	8	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	no data
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	N/A	no data

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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB/s	no data
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	no data
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 compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	10.1
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 April 2014	1 May 2010
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	55 nm

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