AMD Radeon 530 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 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 FX 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 1 month(s) later
4.5x more core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 230 MHz
26.7x more texture fill rate: 24.58 GTexel/s vs 920 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 140 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 64 MB
22.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 200 MHz
128.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1028 vs 8
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 175 vs 152

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 17 March 2004
Core clock speed	1024 MHz vs 230 MHz
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s vs 920 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1028 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	175 vs 152

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1028

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

175

152

Name	AMD Radeon 530	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
PassMark - G3D Mark	1028	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	175	152
Geekbench - OpenCL	5020
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 530	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	Rankine
Code name	Meso	NV34 B1
Design	Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	17 March 2004
Place in performance rating	1094	1092
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$36.99
Price now		$36.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.30
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	230 MHz
Floating-point performance	800 GFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	140 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	920 MTexel / s
Texture Units	20/24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count		45 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	None
Length		152 mm
API support
DirectX	12	9.0a
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	200 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)