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    GeForce MX230 vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce MX230 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce MX230 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    GeForce MX230 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce MX230 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce MX230 or Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge here:

    GeForce MX230 Laptops
    Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce MX230 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
    Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 12-45 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge has 20% more power consumption, than GeForce MX230.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce MX230 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
    • GeForce MX230 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 9−10 3−4
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 1−2
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 21−24 14−16
    medium / 1080p 12−14 5−6
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce MX230 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.

    Full Specs

      GeForce MX230 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
    Architecture Pascal GCN 1.2/2.0
    Code name N17S-G0 Bristol Ridge
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 20 February 2019 1 June 2016
    Pipelines 256 384
    Core clock speed 1519 MHz
    Boost Clock 1531 MHz 800 MHz
    Transistor count 1,800 million 3100 Million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 25.31
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 64/128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 7000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 48.06 GB/s
    Shared memory - +
    DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
    Shader Model 6.4
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    CUDA +
    Laptop size medium sized medium sized
    Optimus +
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