Key Differences
In short — Radeon R5 230 outperforms GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon R5 230 is 169 days older than GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 230
- Performs up to 100% better in Remnant II than GeForce GTX 970 - 44 vs 22 FPS
- Consumes up to 87% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 19 vs 148 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R5 230 - 4 vs 1 GB
Remnant II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2014
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
2.5 GPixel/s
3.78960133393967%
Texel Fillrate
5 GTexel/s
4.081632653061225%
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon R5 230 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
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Apr 3rd, 2014 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
Volcanic Islands | Generation | GeForce 900 |
Not Available | MSRP | $329 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
None | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
1 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
DDR3 | Type | GDDR5 |
64-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
10.67 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
625 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1050 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1178 MHz |
667 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |