Radeon R5 A230 vs RX 460 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking506not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.12no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameBaffinJet
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date8 August 2016 (9 years ago)7 January 2014 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$86 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores896320
Core clock speed1000 MHz780 MHz
Boost clock speed1180 MHz855 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million690 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Wattno data
Texture fill rate66.0817.10
Floating-point processing power2.115 TFLOPS0.5472 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs5620
L1 Cache224 KB80 KB
L2 Cache1024 KB128 KB

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/s16 GB/s
Shared memory-no 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 August 2016 7 January 2014
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

RX 460 Mobile has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 460 Mobile and Radeon R5 A230. We've got no test results to judge.

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