AMD Radeon R7 M520 vs AMD Radeon R5 M430

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M520 and AMD Radeon R5 M430 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M520

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • 3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17889 vs 4985
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 15 May 2016
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 17889 vs 4985

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M430

  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M430

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
17889
4985
Name AMD Radeon R7 M520 AMD Radeon R5 M430
Geekbench - OpenCL 17889 4985
PassMark - G3D Mark 649
PassMark - G2D Mark 516
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2212
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2212

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M520 AMD Radeon R5 M430

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Oland Exo
Launch date 18 April 2017 15 May 2016
Place in performance rating 1180 1181
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1030 MHz 1030 MHz
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops 659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 320 320
Texture fill rate 20.6 GTexel / s 20.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,040 million
Boost clock speed 855 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 16 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5

Technologies

DirectCompute 5.0