AMD Radeon 530 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon 530

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 10 month(s) later
666.1x more texture fill rate: 24.58 GTexel/s vs 36.9 billion / sec
2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
Around 68% better floating-point performance: 800 GFLOPs vs 476.9 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 182 Watt
4.6x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 896 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 999 MHz
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 174 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 16 June 2008
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s vs 36.9 billion / sec
Pipelines	384 vs 192
Floating-point performance	800 GFLOPs vs 476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 182 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 896 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 999 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	174 vs 53
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 3342

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1208 vs 1030
3.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19512 vs 5014

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1208 vs 1030
Geekbench - OpenCL	19512 vs 5014

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1030

1208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

174

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5014

19512

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3342

Name	AMD Radeon 530	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
PassMark - G3D Mark	1030	1208
PassMark - G2D Mark	174	53
Geekbench - OpenCL	5014	19512
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	506
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		29.525

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 530	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Meso	GT200
Design	Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1099	1396
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$95.38
Value for money (0-100)		13.70
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	1242 MHz
Floating-point performance	800 GFLOPs	476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	384	192
Pixel fill rate	8.20 GP/s
Render output units	8
Stream Processors	320/384
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s	36.9 billion / sec
Texture Units	20/24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	182 Watt
CUDA cores		192
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Transistor count		1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	999 MHz
Memory type	DDR3/GDDR5	GDDR3
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)
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI