AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM vs AMD Radeon R9 270

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 270 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM

AMD Radeon R9 270

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 150 Watt

Launch date	30 June 2016 vs 13 November 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270

Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 925 MHz vs 780 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 74 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
4x better floating-point performance: 2,368 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4306 vs 900
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 567 vs 303
13.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74175 vs 5679
4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55.721 vs 12.111
5.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1282.039 vs 253.178
4.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.927 vs 1.211
3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 93.116 vs 23.777
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 261.843 vs 73.506
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3448 vs 1645
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 2426
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3347 vs 1677
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3448 vs 1645
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 2426
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3347 vs 1677

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	925 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate	74 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,368 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4306 vs 900
PassMark - G2D Mark	567 vs 303
Geekbench - OpenCL	74175 vs 5679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	55.721 vs 12.111
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1282.039 vs 253.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.927 vs 1.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	93.116 vs 23.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	261.843 vs 73.506
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3448 vs 1645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699 vs 2426
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347 vs 1677
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3448 vs 1645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699 vs 2426
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347 vs 1677

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

900

4306

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

303

567

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5679

74175

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.111

55.721

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

253.178

1282.039

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.211

5.927

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

23.777

93.116

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

73.506

261.843

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1645

3448

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2426

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1677

3347

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1645

3448

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2426

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1677

3347

Name	AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM	AMD Radeon R9 270
PassMark - G3D Mark	900	4306
PassMark - G2D Mark	303	567
Geekbench - OpenCL	5679	74175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.111	55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	253.178	1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.211	5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	23.777	93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	73.506	261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1645	3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2426	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1677	3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1645	3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2426	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1677	3347
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1603

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM	AMD Radeon R9 270
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Oland	Curacao
Launch date	30 June 2016	13 November 2013
Place in performance rating	1215	510
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Technical info
Boost clock speed	780 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	730 MHz
Floating-point performance	599.0 gflops	2,368 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	1280
Texture fill rate	18.72 GTexel / s	74 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	2,800 million
Stream Processors		1280
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		210 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)