AMD Radeon 530 vs AMD Radeon R5 M420

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530 and AMD Radeon R5 M420 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 31% higher core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • 1437.4x more texture fill rate: 24.58 GTexel/s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
  • Around 46% better floating-point performance: 800 GFLOPs vs 547.2 gflops
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1022 vs 488
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 175 vs 154
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2021 vs 972
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3165
  • 122.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2021 vs 16.5
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3165
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed 1024 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 1024 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 24.58 GTexel/s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 320
Floating-point performance 800 GFLOPs vs 547.2 gflops
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1022 vs 488
PassMark - G2D Mark 175 vs 154
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2021 vs 972
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3165
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2021 vs 16.5
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3165

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M420

  • 2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14165 vs 5009
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2979 vs 2246
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2979 vs 2246
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 14165 vs 5009
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2979 vs 2246
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2979 vs 2246

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M420

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1022
488
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
175
154
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5009
14165
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2021
972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2246
2979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3165
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2021
16.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2246
2979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3165
Name AMD Radeon 530 AMD Radeon R5 M420
PassMark - G3D Mark 1022 488
PassMark - G2D Mark 175 154
Geekbench - OpenCL 5009 14165
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2021 972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2246 2979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3165
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2021 16.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2246 2979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3165
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 506

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 530 AMD Radeon R5 M420

Essentials

Architecture GCN GCN 1.0
Code name Meso Jet
Design Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation 3rd Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 15 May 2016
Place in performance rating 1120 1122
Type Desktop, Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1024 MHz 850 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 1024 MHz 780 MHz
Floating-point performance 800 GFLOPs 547.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 320
Pixel fill rate 8.20 GP/s
Render output units 8
Stream Processors 320/384
Texture fill rate 24.58 GTexel/s 17.1 GTexel / s
Texture Units 20/24
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s 16 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type DDR3/GDDR5 DDR3
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)