RTX A500 vs Radeon R5 430 OEM

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 430 OEM with RTX A500, including specs and performance data.

R5 430 OEM
2016
2 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
2.67

RTX A500 outperforms R5 430 OEM by a whopping 556% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking801307
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.7020.22
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameOlandGA107
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date30 June 2016 (8 years ago)10 November 2021 (2 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 cores3842048
Core clock speed730 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speed780 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors950 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate18.72113.3
Floating-point processing power0.599 TFLOPS7.25 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs2464
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1150 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth36.8 GB/s112.0 GB/s

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 DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

R5 430 OEM 2.67
RTX A500 17.52
+556%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

R5 430 OEM 1031
RTX A500 6760
+556%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.67 17.52
Recency 30 June 2016 10 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 60 Watt

R5 430 OEM has 20% lower power consumption.

RTX A500, on the other hand, has a 556.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 430 OEM in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 430 OEM is a desktop card while RTX A500 is a workstation one.


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