AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM 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).

AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)

AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 730 MHz
Around 52% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 780 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 30 June 2016
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 730 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM

499.2x better floating-point performance: 599.0 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	599.0 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark		370
PassMark - G3D Mark		1090
Geekbench - OpenCL		5924
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3341
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Lexa	Oland
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	30 June 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99
Place in performance rating	not rated	699
Price now	$75
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	56.41
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	780 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	730 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	599.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	384
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel / s	18.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size	large
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)