AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 280X 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 280X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
5x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	30 June 2016 vs 8 October 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 780 MHz
6.8x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 384
6.8x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
6.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6138 vs 896
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 675 vs 304
7.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 89.187 vs 12.111
5.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1434.496 vs 253.178
6.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.656 vs 1.211
3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 87.459 vs 23.777
6.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 493.57 vs 73.506
5.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9603 vs 1645
Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3700 vs 2426
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1677
5.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9603 vs 1645
Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3700 vs 2426
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1677

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 384
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6138 vs 896
PassMark - G2D Mark	675 vs 304
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	89.187 vs 12.111
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1434.496 vs 253.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.656 vs 1.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.459 vs 23.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	493.57 vs 73.506
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9603 vs 1645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3700 vs 2426
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 1677
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9603 vs 1645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3700 vs 2426
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 1677

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

896

6138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

304

675

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.111

89.187

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

253.178

1434.496

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.211

7.656

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

23.777

87.459

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

73.506

493.57

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1645

9603

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2426

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1677

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1645

9603

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2426

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1677

3357

Name	AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM	AMD Radeon R9 280X
PassMark - G3D Mark	896	6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	304	675
Geekbench - OpenCL	5684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.111	89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	253.178	1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.211	7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	23.777	87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	73.506	493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1645	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2426	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1677	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1645	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2426	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1677	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2351

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM	AMD Radeon R9 280X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Oland	Tahiti
Launch date	30 June 2016	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	1199	372
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	780 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	730 MHz
Floating-point performance	599.0 gflops	4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	2048
Texture fill rate	18.72 GTexel / s	128.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	4,313 million
Stream Processors		2048
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 + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)