Radeon R5 Mobile Graphics vs GeForce GT 430

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking968not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.05no data
Power efficiency2.21no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGF108Spectre SL
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date11 October 2010 (14 years ago)17 September 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores96256
CUDA cores per GPU96no data
Core clock speed700 MHz626 MHz
Boost clock speedno data847 MHz
Number of transistors585 million2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Watt17 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate11.2010.02
Floating-point processing power0.2688 TFLOPS0.3205 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs1616

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).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
Length145 mmno data
Height2.713" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)System Shared
Memory bandwidth25.6 - 28.8 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 ConnectorsHDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVIPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.5 (6.0)
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.2.170
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 October 2010 17 September 2014
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 49 Watt 17 Watt

R5 Mobile Graphics has an age advantage of 3 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 188.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 430 and Radeon R5 Mobile Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 430 is a desktop card while Radeon R5 Mobile Graphics is a notebook one.


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