AMD Radeon 530 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 938 MHz
  • 1982.3x more texture fill rate: 24.58 GTexel/s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
  • 3.3x better floating-point performance: 800 GFLOPs vs 240.0 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.8x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1030 vs 450
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 174 vs 119
  • Around 92% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5014 vs 2612
  • Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2021 vs 1047
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 2035
  • Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2021 vs 1047
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 2035
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed 1024 MHz vs 775 MHz
Boost clock speed 1024 MHz vs 938 MHz
Texture fill rate 24.58 GTexel/s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 96
Floating-point performance 800 GFLOPs vs 240.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1030 vs 450
PassMark - G2D Mark 174 vs 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 5014 vs 2612
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2021 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 2035
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2021 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 2035

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

  • Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2570 vs 2246
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2570 vs 2246
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2570 vs 2246
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2570 vs 2246

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1030
450
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
174
119
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5014
2612
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2021
1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2246
2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
2035
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2021
1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2246
2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
2035
Name AMD Radeon 530 NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1030 450
PassMark - G2D Mark 174 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 5014 2612
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2021 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2246 2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 2035
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2021 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2246 2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 2035
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 506
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 146.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.755

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 530 NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

Essentials

Architecture GCN Fermi 2.0
Code name Meso GF117
Design Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation 3rd Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 1099 1438
Type Desktop, Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1024 MHz 938 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 1024 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 800 GFLOPs 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 96
Pixel fill rate 8.20 GP/s
Render output units 8
Stream Processors 320/384
Texture fill rate 24.58 GTexel/s 12.4 GTexel / s
Texture Units 20/24
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 2560x1600
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 2560x1600
HDCP content protection
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12 12 API
OpenCL 2.0 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3/GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3

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)
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus