XGI Volari V8 vs Radeon R5 430 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking809not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.67no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)XG4 (2003−2005)
GPU code nameOlandXG40
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date30 June 2016 (8 years ago)15 September 2003 (21 year 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 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed780 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 million110 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate18.722.400
Floating-point processing power0.599 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs248

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 x8AGP 8x
Width1-slot1-slot
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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount2 GB256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1150 MHz450 MHz
Memory bandwidth36.8 GB/s14.4 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 DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)9.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.5
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 June 2016 15 September 2003
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm

R5 430 OEM has an age advantage of 12 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

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