GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon R5 430 OEM

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 590 and Radeon R5 430 OEM, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 590 stacks up against Radeon R5 430 OEM, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 590 Radeon R5 430 OEM
Power consumption (TDP) 365 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) 2 GB
Display Connectors 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 590 has 630% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.
  • GeForce GTX 590 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R5 430 OEM uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 590 has 3070 GB more memory, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 590 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R5 430 OEM - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 590 is 485 MHz higher, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.
  • GeForce GTX 590 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 430 OEM - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R5 430 OEM is 2893 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 590.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 1−2
ultra / 1080p 10−11 0−1
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 35−40 12−14
medium / 1080p 21−24 3−4
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 590 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 316% more, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 590 Radeon R5 430 OEM
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name GF110 Oland
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 24 March 2011 30 June 2016
Pipelines 1024 384
Core clock speed 1215 MHz 730 MHz
Boost Clock 780 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 77.7 billion/sec 18.72
Floating-point performance 2x 1,244.2 gflops 599.0 gflops
Length 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
Memory bus width 768-bit (384-bit per GPU) 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1707 MHz 4600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 327.7 GB/s 36.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.2 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1024
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
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