AMD Radeon R5 M430 vs AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M430 and AMD Radeon R7 M260X 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M430

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 66% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 620 MHz
  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 855 MHz vs 715 MHz
  • Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 20.6 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% better floating-point performance: 659.2 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
  • Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 516 vs 168
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2016 vs 6 December 2015
Core clock speed 1030 MHz vs 620 MHz
Boost clock speed 855 MHz vs 715 MHz
Texture fill rate 20.6 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 516 vs 168

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260X

  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 997 vs 649
  • Around 18% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5979 vs 5059
  • Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1893 vs 1087
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1775 vs 1157
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3158 vs 2212
  • Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1893 vs 1087
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1775 vs 1157
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3158 vs 2212
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 384 vs 320
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 997 vs 649
Geekbench - OpenCL 5979 vs 5059
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1893 vs 1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1775 vs 1157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3158 vs 2212
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1893 vs 1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1775 vs 1157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3158 vs 2212

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M430
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M260X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
649
997
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
516
168
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5059
5979
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1087
1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1157
1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2212
3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1087
1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1157
1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2212
3158
Name AMD Radeon R5 M430 AMD Radeon R7 M260X
PassMark - G3D Mark 649 997
PassMark - G2D Mark 516 168
Geekbench - OpenCL 5059 5979
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1087 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1157 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2212 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1087 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1157 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2212 3158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 M430 AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Exo Opal
Launch date 15 May 2016 6 December 2015
Place in performance rating 1173 1202
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 855 MHz 715 MHz
Core clock speed 1030 MHz 620 MHz
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops 549.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 320 384
Texture fill rate 20.6 GTexel / s 17.16 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,040 million
Compute units 6

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.3
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 64 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore