AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM

AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
4x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 200 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 June 2016 vs 8 January 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 200 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 3348

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 730 MHz
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 925 MHz vs 780 MHz
5.5x more texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
4.7x more pipelines: 1792 vs 384
5.5x better floating-point performance: 3,315 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 374 vs 370
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2817 vs 1090
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13719 vs 5924
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 3341
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 3341

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 730 MHz
Boost clock speed	925 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 384
Floating-point performance	3,315 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	374 vs 370
PassMark - G3D Mark	2817 vs 1090
Geekbench - OpenCL	13719 vs 5924
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705 vs 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705 vs 3341

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

370

374

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1090

2817

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5924

13719

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3341

3705

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3341

3705

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3348

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3348

Name	AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark	370	374
PassMark - G3D Mark	1090	2817
Geekbench - OpenCL	5924	13719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3341	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3341	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		40.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		795.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		64.205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		181.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4396

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Oland	Tahiti
Launch date	30 June 2016	8 January 2013
Place in performance rating	699	682
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	780 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	730 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	599.0 gflops	3,315 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	1792
Texture fill rate	18.72 GTexel / s	103.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	240.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5