SRhonyra R5 230 2GB GDDR3 Blue
With a 20W TDP and dual HDMI outputs, this card drives two 1080P displays without converters in a compact 145mm single-slot frame. Its bus-powered design needs only a 200W PSU, making it a drop-in upgrade for SFF desktops or 2U servers lacking integrated graphics. Best for office multitasking, web browsing, or light content editing where multi-monitor productivity outweighs gaming needs.
GPU R5 230
VRAM 2GB GDDR3
Boost Clock 625 MHz
TDP 20 W
Memory Bus 64 bit
Class consumer
21 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong efficiency (74th percentile) 74th
Cons
- Below average social proof (8th percentile)
- Below average vram (11th percentile)
- Below average feature (11th percentile)
- Below average raster (11th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has held steady over time
Based on 2 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | R5 230 |
| Brand | AMD |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 40 |
Memory
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR3 |
| Memory Bus | 64 |
| Bandwidth | 504 |
Compute
| RT Cores | 54 |
| Base Clock | 625 |
| Boost Clock | 625 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 55.3 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 27.65 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 20 |
| Recommended PSU | 200 |
| Power Connectors | None |
| Cooler | Fan |
| Fans | 1 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 0 |
| HDMI | 2 |
| USB-C | 0 |
| Max Displays | 2 |
| Max Resolution | 1920x1080@60Hz pixels |
Physical
| Length | 145 |
| Slot Width | 1 |
| Form Factor | Low Profile |
| Weight | 0.2 kg / 0.5 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | No |
| AV1 Encode | No |
| DirectX | 11.2 |
| RGB | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | SRhonyra R5 230 | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING | Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | R5 230 | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 2GB GDDR3 | 32GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 625 | 2407 | 2730 | 2482 | 2730 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | 20 | 575 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 64 | 512 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 |
| Ray Tracing | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRhonyra R5 230 | 20.4 | 20.6 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 29.6 | 11.2 | 26.4 | 74.3 | 24.5 | 7.9 | 98.8 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING Compare | 96.9 | 90.1 | 97.6 | 98.7 | 97.6 | 96.2 | 72.4 | 24.6 | 99.3 | 99.1 | 3.5 |
| Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD Compare | 85.3 | 95.2 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.8 | 94 | 88.8 | 15.1 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79.2 | 92.2 | 85.6 | 88.8 | 87.9 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 72.9 | 94 | 88.8 | 21 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85.3 | 97.5 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.8 | 94 | 99.1 | 19.1 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.9 | 96.1 | 91.7 | 83.8 | 95.5 | 83.9 | 91.5 | 52.7 | 98.7 | 78.4 | 17.6 |
Usage Scores
- Overall20.9
- AI/LLM8.5
- Budget69.1
- Gaming 4k9.6
- Ray Tracing14.1
- Workstation18.5
- Gaming 1080p21.9
- Gaming 1440p15.6
- Content Creation15.1
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