Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 vs R5 230

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HD 6450 HD 6450 GDDR5 HD 7450 OEM HD 7470 OEM HD 8470 OEM HD 8490 OEM R5 230 R5 230 OEM R5 235 OEM R5 235X OEM R5 310 OEM R5 A220
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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 230 with Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870, including specs and performance data.

R5 230
2014
4 GB DDR3, 19 Watt
0.48

M GL / 870 outperforms R5 230 by a whopping 2540% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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R5 230 R5 230
RX Vega M GL / 870 RX Vega M GL / 870

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1304434
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.9515.01
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameCaicosVega Kaby Lake-G
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date3 April 2014 (11 years ago)7 January 2018 (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 cores1601280
Core clock speedno data931 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1011 MHz
Number of transistors370 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate5.000no data
Floating-point processing power0.2 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4no data
TMUs8no data
L1 Cache16 KBno data
L2 Cache128 KBno 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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportPCIe 1.0 x4no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsN/Ano 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 typeDDR3HBM2
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory bandwidth10.67 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGAno 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 and SDK support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112_1
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCL1.2no 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 HD1−2
−4200%
43
+4200%
1440p1−2
−2700%
28
+2700%
4K0−114

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 62
+0%
62
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Far Cry 5 42
+0%
42
+0%
Fortnite 86
+0%
86
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Valorant 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 52
+0%
52
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Dota 2 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry 5 39
+0%
39
+0%
Fortnite 56
+0%
56
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 41
+0%
41
+0%
Metro Exodus 24
+0%
24
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 41
+0%
41
+0%
Valorant 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 48
+0%
48
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Dota 2 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry 5 36
+0%
36
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24
+0%
24
+0%
Valorant 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 38
+0%
38
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Metro Exodus 14
+0%
14
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 62
+0%
62
+0%
Valorant 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 34
+0%
34
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Far Cry 5 24
+0%
24
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 24
+0%
24
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 29
+0%
29
+0%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+0%
14
+0%
Valorant 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 16
+0%
16
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Dota 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Far Cry 5 12
+0%
12
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 9
+0%
9
+0%

This is how R5 230 and RX Vega M GL / 870 compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega M GL / 870 is 4200% faster in 1080p
  • RX Vega M GL / 870 is 2700% faster in 1440p

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 0.48 12.67
Recency 3 April 2014 7 January 2018
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 65 Watt

R5 230 has 242.1% lower power consumption.

RX Vega M GL / 870, on the other hand, has a 2539.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 230 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 230 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 is a notebook one.

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