Radeon R5 430 OEM vs R7 350

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 350 and Radeon R5 430 OEM, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 350
2016
2 GB GDDR5, 55 Watt
5.58
+109%

R7 350 outperforms R5 430 OEM by a whopping 109% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking600804
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.013.69
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameCape VerdeOland
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 July 2016 (8 years ago)30 June 2016 (8 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 cores512384
Core clock speed800 MHz730 MHz
Boost clock speedno data780 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate25.6018.72
Floating-point processing power0.8192 TFLOPS0.599 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs3224

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length168 mmno data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s36.8 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 HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

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 5.58 2.67
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 50 Watt

R7 350 has a 109% higher aggregate performance score.

R5 430 OEM, on the other hand, has 10% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R7 350 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 430 OEM in performance tests.


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