Radeon R5 430 OEM vs Radeon Sky 500

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon R5 430 OEM and Radeon Sky 500. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Radeon R5 430 OEM and Radeon Sky 500. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
Radeon R5 430 OEM
Radeon Sky 500

Main Specs

  Radeon R5 430 OEM Radeon Sky 500
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DisplayPort
 
  • Radeon Sky 500 has 200% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.
  • Radeon R5 430 OEM is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon Sky 500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Sky 500 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon R5 430 OEM and Radeon Sky 500 are build with GCN 1.0 architecture.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 220 MHz higher, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.
  • Radeon R5 430 OEM and Radeon Sky 500 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.

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 Sky 500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 683% more, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.

Full Specs

  Radeon R5 430 OEM Radeon Sky 500
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Oland Pitcairn
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 30 June 2016 27 March 2013
Pipelines 384 1280
Core clock speed 730 MHz 950 MHz
Boost Clock 780 MHz
Transistor count 950 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 18.72 76.00
Floating-point performance 599.0 gflops 2,432 gflops
Length 242 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4600 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 36.8 GB/s 154 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +