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AMD Radeon R5 230

The AMD Radeon R5 230 is a graphics card released on April 3, 2014, built on the TeraScale 2 architecture using a 40 nm process. It has 4 GB of DDR3 memory on a 64-bit bus, a boost clock of 625 MHz and a 19 W board power rating. It scores 202 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11.

TeraScale 2Caicos Pro40 nm

7/10 key specs recorded · 29 facts

Depth: 26 recorded fields, 4 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, AMD.com Specifications and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark AMD.com Specifications Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

4 GB

DDR3 · 64-bit

Boost clock

n/a

625 MHz base

Board power

19 W

Performance

The AMD Radeon R5 230 scores 202 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 24.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,193), measured across 7 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 172.

PassMark G3D Mark

202

Rank #2,193
Faster than 24.8% of 2,658 GPUs
7 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 8 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 14.2% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 1 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 0% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 2 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 1.2% of 1,430 GPUs

GPU Compute 106 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 3.1% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon R5 230 averages DirectX 9 8 fps, DirectX 10 1 fps, DirectX 11 2 fps and GPU Compute 106 ops/s, across 7 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

First benchmarked 2018-01-19

Samples 7

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Graphics processor

Architecture TeraScale 2

Codename Caicos Pro

Chip Not recorded

Process node 40 nm

Transistors 370 M

Die size 67 mm²

The AMD Radeon R5 230 is based on the TeraScale 2 architecture, uses the Caicos Pro graphics processor, is manufactured on a 40 nm process, contains 370 million transistors and has a die size of 67 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units Not recorded

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 8

Render output units (ROPs) 4

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD Radeon R5 230 8 texture mapping units and 4 render output units.

The AMD Radeon R5 230 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics.

Clock speeds

Base clock 625 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon R5 230 runs at a base clock of 625 MHz.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type DDR3

Bus width 64-bit

Bandwidth Not recorded

The AMD Radeon R5 230 is equipped with 4 GB of DDR3 memory and uses a 64-bit memory bus.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon R5 230 has a board power rating of 19 W.

Board power (TDP) 19 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface Not recorded

Market

Launched April 3, 2014

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon

The AMD Radeon R5 230 was released on April 3, 2014.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 202

PassMark G2D 172

Rank #2,193

Samples 7

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon R5 230 supports DirectX 11.

DirectX 11

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon R5 230. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon R5 230. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon R5 230.