Radeon R5 430 OEM vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) with Radeon R5 430 OEM, including specs and performance data.


Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
2015
1 GB GDDR5
3.40
+37.7%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) outperforms R5 430 OEM by a substantial 38% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking787882
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data3.80
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameSurface BookOland
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 October 2015 (10 years ago)30 June 2016 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384384
Core clock speed954 MHz730 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHz780 MHz
Number of transistorsno data950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data18.72
Floating-point processing powerno data0.599 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data24
L1 Cacheno data96 KB
L2 Cacheno data256 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz1150 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data36.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.012 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA+-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD28
+55.6%
18−21
−55.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Fortnite 18−20
+58.3%
12−14
−58.3%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+41.7%
12−14
−41.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 60−65
+40%
45−50
−40%
Dota 2 30−35
+52.4%
21−24
−52.4%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Fortnite 18−20
+58.3%
12−14
−58.3%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+41.7%
12−14
−41.7%
Grand Theft Auto V 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Dota 2 30−35
+52.4%
21−24
−52.4%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+41.7%
12−14
−41.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 18−20
+58.3%
12−14
−58.3%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 24−27
+44.4%
18−20
−44.4%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1

1440p
Ultra

Far Cry 5 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and R5 430 OEM compete in popular games:

  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is 56% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.40 2.47
Recency 1 October 2015 30 June 2016
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) has a 38% higher aggregate performance score.

R5 430 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 430 OEM in performance tests.

Be aware that Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R5 430 OEM is a desktop one.

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