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AMD Radeon R5 230

Graphics Processor
Caicos
Cores
160
TMUs
8
ROPs
4
Memory Size
1024 MB
Memory Type
DDR3
Bus Width
64 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The Radeon R5 230 was a graphics card by AMD, launched on April 3rd, 2014. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the Caicos graphics processor, in its Caicos PRO variant, the card supports DirectX 11.2. The Caicos graphics processor is a relatively small chip with a die area of only 67 mm² and 370 million transistors. It features 160 shading units, 8 texture mapping units, and 4 ROPs. AMD has paired 1,024 MB DDR3 memory with the Radeon R5 230, which are connected using a 64-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 625 MHz, memory is running at 667 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the AMD Radeon R5 230 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 19 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.3a, 1x VGA. Radeon R5 230 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 interface. The card measures 168 mm in length, and features a single-slot cooling solution.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Caicos
GPU Variant
Caicos PRO
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
40 nm
Transistors
370 million
Density
5.5M / mm²
Die Size
67 mm²
Chip Package
FCBGA-631

Graphics Card

Release Date
Apr 3rd, 2014
Generation
Volcanic Islands
(R5 200)
Predecessor
Sea Islands
Successor
Pirate Islands
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16

Relative Performance

GeForce RTX 5090
19182%
GeForce RTX 4090
14630%
GeForce RTX 5080
12640%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
11286%
GeForce RTX 4080
11190%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
11183%
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
11023%
Radeon RX 9070 XT
10532%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
9630%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
9454%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
9445%
Radeon RX 9070
9436%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
8645%
GeForce RTX 5070
8559%
GeForce RTX 3090
8433%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
8322%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
8055%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
7931%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
7801%
GeForce RTX 4070
7694%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
7617%
GeForce RTX 3080
7496%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
7474%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
7210%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
6693%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
6652%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
6553%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
6353%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
6341%
Radeon RX 6800
6128%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
6084%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB
5997%
GeForce RTX 3070
5932%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
5882%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
5856%
GeForce RTX 5060
5765%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
5193%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
5101%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
4739%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
4698%
GeForce RTX 4060
4684%
Arc B580
4676%
GeForce RTX 5050
4556%
GeForce RTX 2080
4520%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
4421%
Radeon RX 7600
4415%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
4202%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
4158%
Arc A770
4153%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
4003%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
3945%
Radeon VII
3934%
Arc A750
3856%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
3769%
GeForce RTX 2070
3714%
Radeon RX 6600
3547%
Arc A580
3445%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
3441%
Radeon RX Vega 64
3294%
GeForce RTX 2060
3188%
Radeon RX 5700
3173%
GeForce GTX 1080
3113%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
3055%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
3027%
Radeon RX Vega 56
2876%
GeForce GTX 1070
2772%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
2625%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
2622%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
2484%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
2471%
Radeon R9 FURY X
2442%
GeForce GTX 1660
2414%
Radeon RX 590
2280%
Radeon R9 FURY
2223%
GeForce GTX 980
2195%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
2174%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
2146%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
2128%
Radeon RX 580
2111%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
2058%
Radeon R9 390X
2028%
GeForce GTX 690
2004%
Radeon RX 480
1987%
Radeon HD 7990
1977%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
1941%
GeForce GTX 970
1891%
Radeon R9 290X
1885%
Radeon R9 390
1855%
Radeon RX 570
1833%
Radeon R9 290
1739%
Radeon RX 470
1715%
GeForce GTX 1650
1614%
Radeon RX 6400
1582%
Arc A380
1561%
GeForce GTX 780
1559%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
1407%
GeForce GTX 590
1406%
Radeon R9 280X
1387%
Radeon HD 6990
1354%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
1290%
GeForce GTX 680
1260%
Radeon R9 380
1248%
Radeon HD 7970
1248%
GeForce GTX 770
1244%
Radeon R9 285
1235%
GeForce GTX 960
1197%
GeForce GTX 670
1167%
Radeon HD 5970
1054%
GeForce GTX 1630
1054%
Radeon HD 7950
1034%
GeForce GTX 1050
1032%
GeForce GTX 760
1025%
GeForce GTX 580
1024%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
1019%
Radeon R9 270X
1007%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
983%
GeForce GTX 950
974%
Radeon RX 560
917%
GeForce GTX 570
902%
GeForce GTX 660
900%
Radeon RX 460
896%
Radeon R7 370
896%
Radeon HD 6970
865%
GeForce GTX 480
827%
Radeon HD 7850
813%
GeForce GTX 295
797%
Radeon HD 6950
770%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
767%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
753%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
749%
Radeon HD 5870
726%
Radeon HD 6870
681%
GeForce GTX 470
657%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
629%
Radeon HD 5850
617%
GeForce GTX 285
576%
Radeon HD 6850
565%
GeForce GTX 280
529%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
527%
GeForce GTX 275
526%
GeForce GT 1030
521%
GeForce GTX 460
512%
Radeon HD 4890
494%
Radeon HD 6790
486%
Radeon HD 5830
462%
GeForce GTX 650
436%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
433%
Radeon HD 4870
427%
GeForce GTX 260
422%
Radeon HD 5770
415%
Radeon HD 7750
412%
Radeon HD 5750
360%
GeForce GTS 450
348%
GeForce GTS 250
338%
Radeon HD 4850
331%
Radeon HD 4770
314%
Radeon HD 4830
294%
Radeon HD 6670
285%
GeForce 9800 GT
274%
GeForce GT 640
265%
Radeon HD 5670
247%
GeForce 9600 GT
232%
GeForce GT 240
202%
GeForce GT 440
198%
Radeon HD 4670
188%
Radeon HD 5570
173%
GeForce GT 430
171%
GeForce GT 220
131%
GeForce GT 520
106%
Radeon R5 230
100%
Radeon HD 6450
100%
Radeon HD 5450
85%
Radeon HD 4550
66%
GeForce 9400 GT
54%
GeForce 210
42%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for RTX 3080 and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
625 MHz
Memory Clock
667 MHz
1334 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
1024 MB
Memory Type
DDR3
Memory Bus
64 bit
Bandwidth
10.67 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
160
TMUs
8
ROPs
4
Compute Units
2
L1 Cache
8 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
128 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
2.500 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
5.000 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
200.0 GFLOPS

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
Length
168 mm
6.6 inches
TDP
19 W
Suggested PSU
200 W
Outputs
1x DVI
1x HDMI 1.3a
1x VGA
Power Connectors
None
Board Number
C164

Graphics Features

DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
Shader Model
5.0

Card Notes

Direct Rebrand of HD 8450

Caicos GPU Notes

Generation: Northern Islands
Mobile Variant: Seymour
Graphics/Compute: GFX4
Display Core Engine: 5.0
Unified Video Decoder: 3.1

Latest Drivers:
Windows XP / 8:
Catalyst Software Suite 14.4

Windows Vista :
Catalyst Software Suite 13.12

Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10:
Catalyst Software Suite 15.7.1 / 16.2.1 Beta

Retail boards based on this design (14)

Name GPU Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
625 MHz 600 MHz GDDR3
650 MHz 600 MHz 2 GB, GDDR3
625 MHz 600 MHz 170 mm/6.7 inches
650 MHz 600 MHz 2 GB, 170 mm/6.7 inches
625 MHz 667 MHz 184 mm/7.2 inches
625 MHz 500 MHz 2 GB, 180 mm/7.1 inches
625 MHz 500 MHz 152 mm/6 inches
625 MHz 667 MHz 2 GB, 165 mm/6.5 inches
625 MHz 500 MHz 2 GB, 160 mm/6.3 inches
625 MHz 800 MHz 180 mm/7.1 inches, Dual-slot, 2x DVI 1x HDMI
625 MHz 667 MHz 146 mm/5.7 inches
625 MHz 667 MHz 2 GB, 146 mm/5.7 inches
625 MHz 800 MHz GDDR3, Dual-slot, 1x DVI 2x DisplayPort
625 MHz 800 MHz GDDR3, Dual-slot, 1x DVI 2x HDMI
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