Radeon R7 Graphics vs R5 430 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking774not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameOlandSpectre
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date30 June 2016 (7 years ago)11 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Current priceno data$150

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 cores384512
Core clock speed730 MHz686 MHz
Boost clock speed780 MHz980 MHz
Number of transistors950 million2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate18.7231.36
Floating-point performance599.0 gflops526.8 gflops

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 x8IGP
Width1-slotIGP
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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed4600 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth36.8 GB/sno 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 DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.0
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 June 2016 11 January 2014
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 15 Watt

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