ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO vs R5 430 OEM

Place in the ranking	809	956
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.67	0.56
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	Oland	R600
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	30 June 2016 (8 years ago)	12 December 2007 (17 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 cores	384	320
Core clock speed	730 MHz	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	780 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	950 million	720 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	200 Watt
Texture fill rate	18.72	9.600
Floating-point processing power	0.599 TFLOPS	0.384 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	24	16

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	no data	241 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	36.8 GB/s	51.2 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 Connectors

1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R5 430 OEM 2.68
+64.4%

ATI HD 2900 PRO 1.63

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.

R5 430 OEM 1031
+64.4%

ATI HD 2900 PRO 627

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.68	1.63
Recency	30 June 2016	12 December 2007
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	200 Watt

R5 430 OEM has a 64.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 300% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R5 430 OEM is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 2900 PRO in performance tests.

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