Radeon R5 430 OEM vs Radeon R9 380

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon R5 430 OEM and Radeon R9 380, 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 Radeon R5 430 OEM stacks up against Radeon R9 380, check out specs charts below.
Radeon R5 430 OEM

Main Specs

  Radeon R5 430 OEM Radeon R9 380
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380 has 280% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.
  • Radeon R5 430 OEM is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon R9 380 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 380 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon R5 430 OEM is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 380 - with GCN.
  • Radeon R5 430 OEM and Radeon R9 380 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R5 430 OEM is 3630 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 1−2 35−40
ultra / 1080p 0−1 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 12−14 60−65
medium / 1080p 3−4 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 683% more, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.

Full Specs

  Radeon R5 430 OEM Radeon R9 380
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN
Code name Oland Tonga Pro
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 30 June 2016 26 June 2015
Pipelines 384 1792
Core clock speed 730 MHz
Boost Clock 780 MHz 970 MHz
Transistor count 950 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 18.72 108.6
Floating-point performance 599.0 gflops 3,476 gflops
Length 221 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4600 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 36.8 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.48 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 404 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.66 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 18 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 168.45 Sol/s
Compute units 28
Form factor full height / full length / dual slot
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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