AMD Radeon 550X Mobile vs AMD Radeon R5 M430

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 550X Mobile and AMD Radeon R5 M430 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550X Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1030 MHz
  • Around 51% higher boost clock speed: 1287 MHz vs 855 MHz
  • 2499x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.9x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2322 vs 1087
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2322 vs 1087
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1748 vs 1157
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1748 vs 1157
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2522 vs 2212
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2522 vs 2212
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10522 vs 5010
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 April 2018 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Boost clock speed 1287 MHz vs 855 MHz
Texture fill rate 51.48 GTexel/s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2322 vs 1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2322 vs 1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1748 vs 1157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1748 vs 1157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2522 vs 2212
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2522 vs 2212
Geekbench - OpenCL 10522 vs 5010

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M430

  • 399.5x better floating-point performance: 659.2 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 550X Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M430

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2322
1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2322
1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1748
1157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1748
1157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2522
2212
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2522
2212
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10522
5010
Name AMD Radeon 550X Mobile AMD Radeon R5 M430
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2322 1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2322 1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1748 1157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1748 1157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2522 2212
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2522 2212
Geekbench - OpenCL 10522 5010
PassMark - G3D Mark 649
PassMark - G2D Mark 516
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.812
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 144.604
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.981
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 65.872

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 550X Mobile AMD Radeon R5 M430

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Lexa Exo
Design Radeon 500X Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 3 April 2018 15 May 2016
Place in performance rating 1180 1182
Type Desktop, Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1287 MHz 855 MHz
Compute units 8/10
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 1030 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.65 TFLOPs 659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 320
Pixel fill rate 20.60 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512/640
Texture fill rate 51.48 GTexel/s 20.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units 40
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 56 GB/s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
DirectCompute 5.0