UHD Graphics 920 vs Radeon R5 M230

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	1053	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Generation 11.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Jet / Sun	Ice Lake GT2
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2014 (10 years ago)	no data
Current price	no data	$808

Detailed specifications

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	320	no data
Compute units	5	no data
Core clock speed	855 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	855 MHz	1000 MHz
Number of transistors	690 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.10	no data
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R5 M230 and UHD Graphics 920 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). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x1

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	no data
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	16 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	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	+	no data
Enduro	-	no data
HD3D	+	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
DualGraphics	1	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	Not Listed	no data
Mantle	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

28 nm

10 nm

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