Radeon R5 A240 vs R5 A230

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1040
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data2.10
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameJetOland
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2014 (11 years ago)2014 (11 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 cores320320
Core clock speed780 MHz1030 MHz
Boost clock speed855 MHz780 MHz
Number of transistors690 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rate17.1015.60
Floating-point processing power0.5472 TFLOPSno data
ROPs88
TMUs2020
L1 Cache80 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x8
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1800 MBps
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s28.8 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.16.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1 (1.2)
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.170

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB

R5 A230 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 A230 and Radeon R5 A240. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R5 A230 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R5 A240 is a desktop one.

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AMD Radeon R5 A230
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