Radeon R5 M430 vs HD 4550

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Aggregate performance score

ATI HD 4550
2008
256 MB DDR2, 25 Watt
0.61

R5 M430 outperforms HD 4550 by a whopping 175% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1163896
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.04
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameRV710Mars
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date30 September 2008 (15 years ago)1 May 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59 no data
Current price$116 (2x MSRP)$749

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI HD 4550 and R5 M430 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores80320
Core clock speed600 MHz955 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1030 MHz
Number of transistors242 million690 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Wattunknown
Texture fill rate4.80017.10
Floating-point performance96 gflops659.2 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 4550 and Radeon R5 M430 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR2DDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1310 MHz1746 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.48 GB/s16 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI HD 4550 0.61
R5 M430 1.68
+175%

R5 M430 outperforms HD 4550 by 175% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

ATI HD 4550 235
R5 M430 648
+176%

R5 M430 outperforms HD 4550 by 176% in Passmark.

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 HD5−6
−220%
16
+220%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.61 1.68
Recency 30 September 2008 1 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm

The Radeon R5 M430 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4550 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 4550 is a desktop card while Radeon R5 M430 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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