Radeon R5 430 OEM vs GeForce FX 5500

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated806
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data3.72
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameNV34 B1Oland
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 March 2004 (20 years ago)30 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$36.99 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data384
Core clock speed270 MHz730 MHz
Boost clock speedno data780 MHz
Number of transistors45 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rate1.08018.72
Floating-point processing powerno data0.599 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs424

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 3.0 x8
Length152 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount64 MB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed166 MHz1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth5.312 GB/s36.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0a12 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FX 5500 8
R5 430 OEM 1031
+12788%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2004 30 June 2016
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 28 nm

R5 430 OEM has an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5500 and Radeon R5 430 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
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