Quadro 500M vs Radeon R5 430 OEM

In this comparison between Quadro 500M and Radeon R5 430 OEM you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Quadro 500M will be the best choice, for others Radeon R5 430 OEM will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.
Quadro 500M
Radeon R5 430 OEM

Main Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon R5 430 OEM
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 50 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
 
  • Radeon R5 430 OEM has 42% more power consumption, than Quadro 500M.
  • Quadro 500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon R5 430 OEM uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon R5 430 OEM has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro 500M.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 500M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R5 430 OEM - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R5 430 OEM is 30 MHz higher, than Quadro 500M.
  • Quadro 500M 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 2800 MHz higher, than Quadro 500M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 1−2
ultra / 1080p 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 12−14
medium / 1080p 0−1 3−4
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R5 430 OEM in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1200% more, than Quadro 500M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 500M Radeon R5 430 OEM
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name GF108 Oland
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 22 February 2011 30 June 2016
Pipelines 96 384
Core clock speed 700 MHz 730 MHz
Boost Clock 780 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 11.20 18.72
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops 599.0 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 4600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 36.8 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.1