AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
VS
AMD Radeon R5 230
AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
VS
AMD Radeon R5 230

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 R8 M445DX  vs  AMD Radeon R5 230.

721
Place in performance rating
1017
no data
Value for money (0-100)
4.61
GCN
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Meso
Code name
Caicos
Laptop
Type
Desktop
1 June 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
3 April 2014 (7 years ago)
$550
Price now
$119
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Design
reference
0.70
Value for money
0.13
Meso
GPU code name
Caicos
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R8 M445DX  vs  AMD Radeon R5 230 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
160
720 / 1020 MHz
Core clock speed
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1021 MHz
Boost Clock
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1,550 million
Transistor count
370 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
19 Watt
20.42
Texture fill rate
5.000
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Floating-point performance
200.0 gflops
704
Pipelines / CUDA cores
160
1021 MHz
Boost clock speed
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1,550 million
Number of transistors
370 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
19 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R8 M445DX and AMD Radeon R5 230 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

IGP
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
168 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
N/A
medium sized
Laptop size
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Bus support
PCIe 1.0 x4

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 R8 M445DX vs AMD Radeon R5 230.

DDR4/DDR3
Memory type
DDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 + 64 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
933 / 1000 MHz
Memory clock speed
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Memory bandwidth
10.67 GB/s
-
Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon R8 M445DX vs AMD Radeon R5 230.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
+
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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.

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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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HD3D
-
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PowerTune
-
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
-
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DDMA audio
-
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Enduro
-
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DirectX 11
DirectX 11
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​PowerPlay
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R8 M445DX and AMD Radeon R5 230 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. 

12 (12_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
+
Vulkan
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Shader Model
5.0
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R8 M445DX and AMD Radeon R5 230 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 R8 M445DX or AMD Radeon R5 230 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
AMD Radeon R5 230
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
AMD Radeon R5 230
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
AMD Radeon R5 230
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
AMD Radeon R5 230
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
AMD Radeon R5 230
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 R8 M445DX

2.46% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (320 vs 160)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 230

Cheaper ($119 vs $550)

So, AMD Radeon R8 M445DX or AMD Radeon R5 230?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R8 M445DX .

AMD Radeon R8 M445DX versus AMD Radeon R5 230 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

2.4 Out of 21 Hitesti Score
2.8 Out of 23 Hitesti Score