AMD Radeon R5 M230
VS
AMD Radeon R7 265
AMD Radeon R5 M230
VS
AMD Radeon R7 265

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 M230  vs  AMD Radeon R7 265.

920
Place in performance rating
not rated
GCN
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Jet
Code name
Pitcairn
Laptop
Type
Desktop
7 January 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
13 February 2014 (7 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$149
no data
Price now
$600 (4x MSRP)
no data
Design
reference
Jet / Sun
GPU code name
Pitcairn
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R5 M230  vs  AMD Radeon R7 265 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.

320
Pipelines
1024
855 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
855 MHz
Boost Clock
925 MHz
690 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
no data
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
17.10
Texture fill rate
59.20
547.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,894 gflops
5
Compute units
no data
320
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
855 MHz
Boost clock speed
925 MHz
690 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R5 M230 and AMD Radeon R7 265 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
210 mm
no data
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 M230 vs AMD Radeon R7 265.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1400 MHz
16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

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 M230 vs AMD Radeon R7 265.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
no data
HDMI
+
no data
DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

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

+
AppAcceleration
-
no data
CrossFire
1
no data
FreeSync
1
+
HD3D
-
+
PowerTune
-
-
TrueAudio
-
+
ZeroCore
-
no data
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
1
DualGraphics
no data
1
Switchable graphics
no data
+
PowerPlay
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R5 M230 and AMD Radeon R7 265 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
DirectX® 12
4.4
OpenGL
4.6
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
Not Listed
OpenCL
1.2
+
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R5 M230 and AMD Radeon R7 265 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 M230 or AMD Radeon R7 265 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M230
AMD Radeon R7 265
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M230
AMD Radeon R7 265
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M230
AMD Radeon R7 265
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M230
AMD Radeon R7 265
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M230
AMD Radeon R7 265
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 M230

1.52% faster in synthetic tests

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 265

More pipelines (1024 vs 320)

More memory bandwidth (179.2 GB/s vs 16 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon R5 M230 or AMD Radeon R7 265?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R5 M230 .

AMD Radeon R5 M230 versus AMD Radeon R7 265 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.1 Out of 31 Hitesti Score
4.1 Out of 11 Hitesti Score