Graphics card comparison
Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000) vs Radeon R5 230
AMD
Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)
0 Mb System Shared
Released 27 Feb 2015
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VS
AMD
Radeon R5 230
1024 Mb DDR3
Released 3 Apr 2014
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Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Reasons to consider the Radeon R5 230
- Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon R5 230
Based on theoretical specifications.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000) | Radeon R5 230 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Mullins () | Caicos (Caicos PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 0 mm² | 67 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | 370 million |
| Shaders | 128 | 160 |
| Compute Units | 2 | 2 |
| Core clock | 700 MHz | 625 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000) | Radeon R5 230 |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | 667 MHz
1334 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000) | Radeon R5 230 |
|---|
| TDP | 15 watts | 19 watts |
| Release Date | 27 Feb 2015 | 3 Apr 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)2.80 GP/s
- Radeon R5 2302.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)5.60 GT/s
- Radeon R5 2305.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)0.00 GB/s
- Radeon R5 23010.67 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)179.20 GFLOPs
- Radeon R5 230200.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better