NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
VS
AMD Radeon R5 230
NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
VS
AMD Radeon R5 230

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 and AMD Radeon R5 230. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

961
Place in performance rating
1017
4.48
Value for money (0-100)
4.61
Fermi 2.0
Architecture
TeraScale 2
GF119
Code name
Caicos
Desktop
Type
Desktop
2 April 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
3 April 2014 (7 years ago)
$39.99
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$140 (3.5x MSRP)
Price now
$119
no data
Design
reference
0.03
Value for money
0.13
GF119
GPU code name
Caicos
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 and AMD Radeon R5 230 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

48
Pipelines
160
810 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
292 million
Transistor count
370 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
29 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
19 Watt
6.5 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
5.000
155.5 gflops
Floating-point performance
200.0 gflops
102 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
48
CUDA cores
no data
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
160
292 million
Number of transistors
370 million
29 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
19 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 and AMD Radeon R5 230.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
5.7" (14.5 cm)
Length
168 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
N/A
PCI Express 2.0
Bus support
PCIe 1.0 x4
2.7" (6.9 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 and AMD Radeon R5 230 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
DDR3
1024 MB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1.8 GB/s
Memory clock speed
no data
14.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
10.67 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 and AMD Radeon R5 230, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
+
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
no data
Eyefinity
1
+
HDMI
+
no data
DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 and AMD Radeon R5 230 is the additional functionality.

+
CUDA
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
-
no data
CrossFire
1
no data
HD3D
-
no data
PowerTune
-
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
-
no data
DDMA audio
-
no data
Enduro
-
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data
​PowerPlay
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 and AMD Radeon R5 230. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.2
OpenGL
4.4
N/A
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
5.0
1.1
OpenCL
1.2
no data
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 or AMD Radeon R5 230 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
AMD Radeon R5 230
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
AMD Radeon R5 230
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
AMD Radeon R5 230
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
AMD Radeon R5 230
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
AMD Radeon R5 230
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

0.24% faster in synthetic tests

More maximum RAM amount (1024 MB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (14.4 GB/s vs 10.67 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 230

Cheaper ($119 vs $140 (3.5x MSRP))

More pipelines (160 vs 48)

Less power consumption (19 Watt vs 29 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 or AMD Radeon R5 230?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 versus AMD Radeon R5 230 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R5 230