AMD Radeon 530 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
522.5x more texture fill rate: 24.58 GTexel/s vs 47.04 GTexel / s
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 2500 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s vs 47.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 2500 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
Around 88% better floating-point performance: 1,505 gflops vs 800 GFLOPs
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3366 vs 1030
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 245 vs 174
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10985 vs 5014
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 2021
Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 2246
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 2021
Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 2246
2.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1231 vs 506

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1096 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,505 gflops vs 800 GFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3366 vs 1030
PassMark - G2D Mark	245 vs 174
Geekbench - OpenCL	10985 vs 5014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5264 vs 2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714 vs 2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5264 vs 2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714 vs 2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1231 vs 506

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1030

3366

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

174

245

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5014

10985

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2021

5264

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2246

3714

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2021

5264

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2246

3714

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3358

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

506

1231

Name	AMD Radeon 530	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1030	3366
PassMark - G2D Mark	174	245
Geekbench - OpenCL	5014	10985
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2021	5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2246	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2021	5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2246	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	506	1231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		54.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		795.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		51.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		174.513

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 530	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	Maxwell
Code name	Meso	GM107
Design	Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	1099	735
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz	1176 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	1096 MHz
Floating-point performance	800 GFLOPs	1,505 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	640
Pixel fill rate	8.20 GP/s
Render output units	8
Stream Processors	320/384
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s	47.04 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20/24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
CUDA cores		640
Transistor count		1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
VGA аnalog display support		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	80 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	2500 MHz
Memory type	DDR3/GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	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)
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI