Radeon R5 430 OEM vs HD 8550M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 8550M with Radeon R5 430 OEM, including specs and performance data.

HD 8550M
2012
1 GB DDR3
1.49

R5 430 OEM outperforms HD 8550M by an impressive 79% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking981809
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameSunOland
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date16 November 2012 (11 years ago)30 June 2016 (8 years ago)

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 cores384384
Core clock speed700 MHz730 MHz
Boost clock speedno data780 MHz
Number of transistors690 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rate17.0018.72
Floating-point processing power0.544 gflops0.599 gflops

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x8
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz4600 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s36.8 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Hitman 3 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−60%
24−27
+60%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−75%
14−16
+75%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−66.7%
55−60
+66.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Hitman 3 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−60%
24−27
+60%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−75%
14−16
+75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−66.7%
55−60
+66.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Hitman 3 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−60%
24−27
+60%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−75%
14−16
+75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−66.7%
55−60
+66.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Hitman 3 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.49 2.67
Recency 16 November 2012 30 June 2016
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB

R5 430 OEM has a 79.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Radeon R5 430 OEM is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8550M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8550M is a notebook card while Radeon R5 430 OEM is a desktop one.


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