Radeon R5 230 vs RX 5500 XT
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon RX 5500 XT and Radeon R5 230, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RX 5500 XT outperforms R5 230 by a whopping 3989% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 283 | 1263 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 38.29 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 12.70 | 2.13 |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Navi 14 | Caicos |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | no data | reference |
| Release date | 12 December 2019 (5 years ago) | 3 April 2014 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $169 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | 1408 | 160 |
| Core clock speed | 1607 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1845 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 6,400 million | 370 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 19 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 162.4 | 5.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.196 TFLOPS | 0.2 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 88 | 8 |
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 support | no data | PCIe 1.0 x4 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 180 mm | 168 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | N/A |
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 | GDDR6 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | 10.67 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
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 Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| Eyefinity | - | + |
| HDMI | + | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| CrossFire | - | + |
| PowerPlay | no data | + |
| DDMA audio | no data | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | DirectX® 11 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | - |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 76
+7500%
| 1−2
−7500%
|
| 1440p | 42
+4100%
| 1−2
−4100%
|
| 4K | 24 | 0−1 |
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | 2.22 | no data |
| 1440p | 4.02 | no data |
| 4K | 7.04 | no data |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 254
+4133%
|
6−7
−4133%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 78
+7700%
|
1−2
−7700%
|
| God of War | 78
+7700%
|
1−2
−7700%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 74
+7300%
|
1−2
−7300%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 196
+4800%
|
4−5
−4800%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 61
+6000%
|
1−2
−6000%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 105
+5150%
|
2−3
−5150%
|
| Fortnite | 110−120
+5500%
|
2−3
−5500%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 78
+7700%
|
1−2
−7700%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 109
+5350%
|
2−3
−5350%
|
| God of War | 65
+6400%
|
1−2
−6400%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 85−90
+4200%
|
2−3
−4200%
|
| Valorant | 150−160
+5133%
|
3−4
−5133%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 71
+7000%
|
1−2
−7000%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 98
+4800%
|
2−3
−4800%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 240−250
+4033%
|
6−7
−4033%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 45
+4400%
|
1−2
−4400%
|
| Dota 2 | 149
+4867%
|
3−4
−4867%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 96
+4700%
|
2−3
−4700%
|
| Fortnite | 110−120
+5500%
|
2−3
−5500%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 66
+6500%
|
1−2
−6500%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 94
+4600%
|
2−3
−4600%
|
| God of War | 52
+5100%
|
1−2
−5100%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 94
+4600%
|
2−3
−4600%
|
| Metro Exodus | 52
+5100%
|
1−2
−5100%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 85−90
+4200%
|
2−3
−4200%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 95
+4650%
|
2−3
−4650%
|
| Valorant | 150−160
+5133%
|
3−4
−5133%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 68
+6700%
|
1−2
−6700%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 40 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 143
+4667%
|
3−4
−4667%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 89
+4350%
|
2−3
−4350%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 56
+5500%
|
1−2
−5500%
|
| God of War | 33 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 85−90
+4200%
|
2−3
−4200%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 58
+5700%
|
1−2
−5700%
|
| Valorant | 114
+5600%
|
2−3
−5600%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 110−120
+5500%
|
2−3
−5500%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 55
+5400%
|
1−2
−5400%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 150−160
+5167%
|
3−4
−5167%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 44
+4300%
|
1−2
−4300%
|
| Metro Exodus | 31 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+4250%
|
4−5
−4250%
|
| Valorant | 190−200
+4775%
|
4−5
−4775%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 55
+5400%
|
1−2
−5400%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 20 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 60
+5900%
|
1−2
−5900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 41
+4000%
|
1−2
−4000%
|
| God of War | 28 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 35−40 | 0−1 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 50−55
+5100%
|
1−2
−5100%
|
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 13 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 42
+4100%
|
1−2
−4100%
|
| Metro Exodus | 19 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 31 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 120−130
+4167%
|
3−4
−4167%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 35 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 21−24 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 78
+7700%
|
1−2
−7700%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 30 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 21 | 0−1 |
| God of War | 17 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 21−24 | 0−1 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 24−27 | 0−1 |
This is how RX 5500 XT and R5 230 compete in popular games:
- RX 5500 XT is 7500% faster in 1080p
- RX 5500 XT is 4100% faster in 1440p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 21.67 | 0.53 |
| Recency | 12 December 2019 | 3 April 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 19 Watt |
RX 5500 XT has a 3988.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.
R5 230, on the other hand, has 584.2% lower power consumption.
The Radeon RX 5500 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 230 in performance tests.
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