Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) vs R5 230

Place in the ranking	1212	1074
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.11	5.38
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)
GPU code name	Caicos	Stoney Ridge
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	3 April 2014 (10 years ago)	1 June 2016 (8 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	192
Boost clock speed	no data	600 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	15 Watt
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	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
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	12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data

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

3−4

−167%

8
+167%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5 +0%	5 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Dota 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Fortnite	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
World of Tanks	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Dota 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
World of Tanks	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Valorant	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Valorant	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

This is how R5 230 and R4 (Stoney Ridge) compete in popular games:

R4 (Stoney Ridge) is 167% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 41 test (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.58	1.17
Recency	3 April 2014	1 June 2016
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	15 Watt

R4 (Stoney Ridge) has a 101.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 26.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 230 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 230 is a desktop card while Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.