Radeon R5 M430 vs RX 5500

Place in performance ranking	225	896
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	10.10	0.04
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Navi 14	Mars
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	7 October 2019 (4 years ago)	1 May 2016 (8 years ago)
Current price	$444	$749

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5500 has 25150% better value for money than R5 M430.

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 cores	1408	320
Core clock speed	no data	955 MHz
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz	1030 MHz
Number of transistors	6,400 million	690 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	unknown
Texture fill rate	162.4	17.10
Floating-point performance	no data	659.2 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 5500 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.

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	180 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	no 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 type	GDDR6	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1746 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	16 GB/s
Shared memory	no 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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	no data	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	no data	1.2

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.

RX 5500 22.88
+1262%

R5 M430 1.68

RX 5500 outperforms R5 M430 by 1262% 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%

RX 5500 8835
+1263%

R5 M430 648

RX 5500 outperforms R5 M430 by 1263% 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 HD

240−250
+1233%

−1233%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

50−55
+1150%

4−5

−1150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +1233%	3−4 −1233%
Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +1200%	5−6 −1200%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +1150%	4−5 −1150%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +1250%	2−3 −1250%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +1150%	4−5 −1150%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 +1200%	5−6 −1200%
Hitman 3	50−55 +1150%	4−5 −1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	200−210 +1233%	14−16 −1233%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +1233%	3−4 −1233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	120−130 +1233%	9−10 −1233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	170−180 +1208%	12−14 −1208%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +1233%	3−4 −1233%
Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +1200%	5−6 −1200%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +1150%	4−5 −1150%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +1250%	2−3 −1250%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +1150%	4−5 −1150%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 +1200%	5−6 −1200%
Hitman 3	50−55 +1150%	4−5 −1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	200−210 +1233%	14−16 −1233%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +1233%	3−4 −1233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	120−130 +1233%	9−10 −1233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 +1200%	5−6 −1200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	170−180 +1208%	12−14 −1208%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +1233%	3−4 −1233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +1200%	5−6 −1200%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +1150%	4−5 −1150%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +1250%	2−3 −1250%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 +1200%	5−6 −1200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	200−210 +1233%	14−16 −1233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	120−130 +1233%	9−10 −1233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 +1200%	5−6 −1200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	170−180 +1208%	12−14 −1208%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45
+1233%

3−4

−1233%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +1250%	2−3 −1250%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +1150%	4−5 −1150%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +1233%	3−4 −1233%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +1250%	2−3 −1250%
Hitman 3	95−100 +1257%	7−8 −1257%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 +1200%	5−6 −1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55
+1150%

4−5

−1150%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +1250%	2−3 −1250%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 +1250%	2−3 −1250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +1250%	2−3 −1250%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +1150%	4−5 −1150%