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AMD Radeon R5 M230

The AMD Radeon R5 M230 is a graphics card released on January 1, 2014, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 320 shading units, 4 GB of DDR3 memory on a 64-bit bus, 16.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth and a boost clock of 855 MHz. It scores 431 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.

GCNJet Pro28 nm

9/10 key specs recorded · 43 facts

Depth: 36 recorded fields, 2 features, 5 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: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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

Shading units

320cores

5 compute units

Memory

4 GB

DDR3 · 64-bit

Boost clock

855 MHz

780 MHz base

Board power

n/a

Performance

The AMD Radeon R5 M230 scores 431 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 33.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,962), measured across 132 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 128.

PassMark G3D Mark

431

Rank #1,962
Faster than 33.4% of 2,658 GPUs
132 samples

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

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 7 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 11.6% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 1 fps

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

DirectX 11 4 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 7.8% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 4 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 8.5% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 324 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 15.2% 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 M230 averages DirectX 9 7 fps, DirectX 10 1 fps, DirectX 11 4 fps, DirectX 12 4 fps and GPU Compute 324 ops/s, across 132 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x8

Max memory 4 GB

Core clock 780 MHz

Memory clock 1000 MHz

DirectX 11.2

OpenGL 4.3

First benchmarked 2014-12-03

Samples 132

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon R5 M230 states the PCIe 3.0 x8 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 780 MHz, DirectX 11.2 and OpenGL 4.3, first benchmarked on 2014-12-03. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture GCN

Codename Jet Pro

Chip Not recorded

Process node 28 nm

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The AMD Radeon R5 M230 is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Jet Pro graphics processor and is manufactured on a 28 nm process.

Shader configuration

Shading units 320

Compute units 5

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) Not recorded

Render output units (ROPs) Not recorded

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD Radeon R5 M230 has 320 shading units and 5 compute units.

The AMD Radeon R5 M230 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon R5 M230.

Clock speeds

Base clock 780 MHz

Boost clock 855 MHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon R5 M230 runs at a base clock of 780 MHz and boosts to 855 MHz.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type DDR3

Bus width 64-bit

Bandwidth 16.0 GB/s

The AMD Radeon R5 M230 is equipped with 4 GB of DDR3 memory, uses a 64-bit memory bus and delivers 16.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon R5 M230 it connects over PCIe 3.0 x8.

Board power (TDP) Not recorded

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 PCIe 3.0 x8

Market

Launched January 1, 2014

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon

The AMD Radeon R5 M230 was released on January 1, 2014.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 431

PassMark G2D 128

Rank #1,962

Samples 132

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon R5 M230 supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.4

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon R5 M230. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon R5 M230. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon R5 M230.

Features

The AMD Radeon R5 M230 has 2 supported features recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Platform

Supported: Radeon Dual Graphics

Support for pairing an AMD APU's integrated graphics with a compatible Radeon GPU.
Supported: Switchable graphics

Support for switching between integrated and dedicated graphics to balance power use and performance.

Not listed (2)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon R5 M230 supports Resizable BAR and AMD SmartShift. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD Radeon R5 M230 supports Radeon Dual Graphics and Switchable graphics under Platform.

Naming and aliases

The AMD Radeon R5 M230 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as AMD Radeon R5 M230 Series and AMD Radeon (TM) R5 M230.

Other names (PassMark) AMD Radeon R5 M230 Series; AMD Radeon (TM) R5 M230

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon R5 M230 have?

The AMD Radeon R5 M230 has 4 GB of DDR3 memory on a 64-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 16.0 GB/s.

How fast is the AMD Radeon R5 M230?

The AMD Radeon R5 M230 scores 431 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 33.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,962. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 4 fps.

What bus interface does the AMD Radeon R5 M230 use?

The AMD Radeon R5 M230 connects over PCIe 3.0 x8.

When was the AMD Radeon R5 M230 released?

The AMD Radeon R5 M230 was released on January 1, 2014.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

1 filled value

Architecture: GCN (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip Jet -> GCN 1. Sources: Wikipedia: List of AMD graphics processing units (revision 1376670003).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.