AMD Radeon 530 vs AMD Radeon R7 260

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530 and AMD Radeon R7 260 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 R7 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
512.1x more texture fill rate: 24.58 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 115 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1625 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 17 December 2013
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 115 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1625 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1024 MHz
2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
Around 92% better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 800 GFLOPs
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2892 vs 1030
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 559 vs 174

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Pipelines	768 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops vs 800 GFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2892 vs 1030
PassMark - G2D Mark	559 vs 174

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1030

2892

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

174

559

Name	AMD Radeon 530	AMD Radeon R7 260
PassMark - G3D Mark	1030	2892
PassMark - G2D Mark	174	559
Geekbench - OpenCL	5014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	506
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		45.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		240.395

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 530	AMD Radeon R7 260
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	GCN 2.0
Code name	Meso	Bonaire
Design	Radeon 500 Series	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	17 December 2013
Place in performance rating	1099	570
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$109
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		44.11
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz	1100 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	1024 MHz
Floating-point performance	800 GFLOPs	1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	768
Pixel fill rate	8.20 GP/s
Render output units	8
Stream Processors	320/384	896
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s	48 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20/24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count		2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		170 mm
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	104 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1625 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
DDMA audio
FreeSync