GeForce GT 230 OEM vs Radeon R5 M255

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	962	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Topaz Pro / Sun	G92B
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 May 2014 (10 years ago)	27 April 2009 (15 years ago)

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	96
Compute units	5	no data
Core clock speed	940 MHz	500 MHz
Boost clock speed	940 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,550 million	754 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	22.56	24.00
Floating-point performance	721.9 gflops	240 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R5 M255 and GeForce GT 230 OEM 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 2.0 x16
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1536 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	24 GB/s
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	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.3	4.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
OpenCL	Not Listed	1.1
Vulkan	no data	N/A
Mantle	+	no data
CUDA	no data	1.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 May 2014	27 April 2009
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1536 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	55 nm

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