AMD Radeon 530 vs AMD Radeon HD 7950

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530 and AMD Radeon HD 7950 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon 530

AMD Radeon HD 7950

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
274.3x more texture fill rate: 24.58 GTexel/s vs 89.6 GTexel / s
6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 31 January 2012
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s vs 89.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 300 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950

Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1024 MHz
4.7x more pipelines: 1792 vs 384
3.6x better floating-point performance: 2,867 gflops vs 800 GFLOPs
16.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82144 vs 5014
4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7988 vs 2021
Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 2246
4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7988 vs 2021
Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 2246
3.8x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1914 vs 506

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Pipelines	1792 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,867 gflops vs 800 GFLOPs
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	82144 vs 5014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7988 vs 2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699 vs 2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7988 vs 2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699 vs 2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1914 vs 506

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5014

82144

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2021

7988

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2246

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2021

7988

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2246

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3359

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

506

1914

Name	AMD Radeon 530	AMD Radeon HD 7950
PassMark - G3D Mark	1030
PassMark - G2D Mark	174
Geekbench - OpenCL	5014	82144
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2021	7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2246	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2021	7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2246	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	506	1914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		63.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1177.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		69.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		343.81

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 530	AMD Radeon HD 7950
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	GCN 1.0
Code name	Meso	Tahiti
Design	Radeon 500 Series	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	31 January 2012
Place in performance rating	1099	503
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz	1250 MHz
Compute units	6	28
Core clock speed	1024 MHz
Floating-point performance	800 GFLOPs	2,867 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	1792
Pixel fill rate	8.20 GP/s
Render output units	8
Stream Processors	320/384	1792
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s	89.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20/24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count		4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Eyefinity
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12	11
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	240 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	DDR3/GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync
ZeroCore