AMD Radeon 530 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 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.

AMD Radeon 530

NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 325 MHz
4726.9x more texture fill rate: 24.58 GTexel/s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
6.4x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 700 MHz
9.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1030 vs 113
6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 484
6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 484

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 14 April 2004
Core clock speed	1024 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1030 vs 113
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 484

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 258 vs 174

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	258 vs 174

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1030

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

174

258

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

484

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

484

Name	AMD Radeon 530	NVIDIA GeForce 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark	1030	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	174	258
Geekbench - OpenCL	5014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	484
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	484
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	506

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 530	NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	Curie
Code name	Meso	NV40 A1
Design	Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	14 April 2004
Place in performance rating	1099	1194
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$39.99
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.61
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	800 GFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	384
Pixel fill rate	8.20 GP/s
Render output units	8
Stream Processors	320/384
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s	5.2 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20/24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count		222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR3/GDDR5	DDR
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)