HD 7470A vs R5 230

General info

Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.

Place in performance rating	1065	not rated
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Caicos	Caicos
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	3 April 2014 (8 years old)	5 January 2012 (11 years old)
Current price	$66	no data

Technical specs

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	160
Core clock speed	no data	625 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	370 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	19 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.000	5.000
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	200.0 gflops

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video 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	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	MXM Module
Supplementary power connectors	N/A	no data

Memory

Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB/s	12.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 outputs
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	-	no data

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 support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	DirectX® 11	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.0	5.0
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	no data	N/A
Mantle	-	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	3 April 2014	5 January 2012
Memory bandwidth	10.67	12.8
Thermal design power (TDP)	19 Watt	25 Watt

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