AMD Radeon R5 230
VS
GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition
AMD Radeon R5 230
VS
GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon R5 230  vs  GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition.

1017
Place in performance rating
not rated
4.61
Value for money (0-100)
no data
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Tesla
Caicos
Code name
no data
Desktop
Type
no data
3 April 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
19 May 2010 (11 years ago)
$119
Price now
no data
reference
Design
no data
0.13
Value for money
no data
Caicos
GPU code name
G96C
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R5 230  vs  GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

160
Pipelines
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no data
Core clock speed
550 MHz
370 million
Transistor count
no data
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
19 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
5.000
Texture fill rate
8.800
200.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
89.6 gflops
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
370 million
Number of transistors
314 million
19 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R5 230 and GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
168 mm
Length
145 mm
N/A
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCIe 1.0 x4
Bus support
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Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon R5 230 vs GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR3
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1600 MHz
10.67 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon R5 230 vs GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
no data
-
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

no data
CUDA
1.1
-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
-
HD3D
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
-
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
-
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data
+
​PowerPlay
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R5 230 and GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX® 11
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.4
OpenGL
3.3
no data
Vulkan
N/A
5.0
Shader Model
4.0
1.2
OpenCL
1.1
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R5 230 and GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R5 230 or GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R5 230
GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R5 230
GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R5 230
GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R5 230
GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R5 230
GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 230

2.12% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 55 nm)

Advantages of GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (25.6 GB/s vs 10.67 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon R5 230 or GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R5 230 .

AMD Radeon R5 230 versus GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

2.8 Out of 23 Hitesti Score
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