AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 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 - 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 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
  • Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 675 vs 370
  • 5.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6138 vs 1090
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3700 vs 3341
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3700 vs 3341
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 - G2D Mark 675 vs 370
PassMark - G3D Mark 6138 vs 1090
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3700 vs 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3700 vs 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
370
675
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1090
6138
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3341
3700
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3341
3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3357
Name AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM AMD Radeon R9 280X
PassMark - G2D Mark 370 675
PassMark - G3D Mark 1090 6138
Geekbench - OpenCL 5924
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3341 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3341 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9603
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2351

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 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 699 372
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)