ATI FireGL V5100 vs Radeon R5 430 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking804not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.70no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameOlandR423
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date30 June 2016 (8 years ago)1 May 2004 (20 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 cores384no data
Core clock speed730 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speed780 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 million160 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate18.725.400
Floating-point processing power0.599 TFLOPSno data
ROPs812
TMUs2412

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data211 mm
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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB128 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1150 MHz350 MHz
Memory bandwidth36.8 GB/s22.4 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 DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 June 2016 1 May 2004
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm

R5 430 OEM has an age advantage of 12 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 430 OEM and FireGL V5100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R5 430 OEM is a desktop card while FireGL V5100 is a workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM
Radeon R5 430 OEM
ATI FireGL V5100
FireGL V5100

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


4.2 362 votes

Rate Radeon R5 430 OEM on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
1.8 5 votes

Rate FireGL V5100 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.