Radeon R5 M445 vs R5 M230

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1138not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameJetMeso
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2014 (11 years ago)2016 (9 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 cores320384
Compute units5no data
Core clock speed825 MHz920 MHz
Boost clock speed855 MHz980 MHz
Number of transistors690 million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknownno data
Texture fill rate17.1022.08
Floating-point processing power0.5472 TFLOPSno data
ROPs88
TMUs2024
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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0 x8no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x8

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s32 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 outputsPortable Device Dependent
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Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration+-
HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
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Switchable graphics+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed2.1
Vulkan-1.2.170
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 M230 and Radeon R5 M445. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R5 M230 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R5 M445 is a desktop one.

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